The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st seriesHoughton Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 280
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , since it then does not ...
... truth . And here we should seek to reinforce ourselves by its very presence , and to speak with a worthier , loftier strain of that advent . For the soul's communication of truth is the highest event in nature , since it then does not ...
Page 331
... truth ; when we keep the mind's eye open whilst we converse , whilst we read , whilst we act , intent to learn the secret law of some class of facts . What is the hardest task in the world ? To think . I would put myself in the attitude ...
... truth ; when we keep the mind's eye open whilst we converse , whilst we read , whilst we act , intent to learn the secret law of some class of facts . What is the hardest task in the world ? To think . I would put myself in the attitude ...
Page 342
... truth . He in whom the love of truth predominates will keep himself aloof from all moorings , and afloat . He will abstain from dog- matism , and recognize all the opposite negations between which , as walls , his being is swung . He ...
... truth . He in whom the love of truth predominates will keep himself aloof from all moorings , and afloat . He will abstain from dog- matism , and recognize all the opposite negations between which , as walls , his being is swung . He ...
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