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Page 11
... all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance .
... all days holy , all men divine . For the eye is fastened on the life , and slights the circum stance . Every chemical substance , every plant , every animal in its growth , teaches the unity of cause , the variety of appearance .
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Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder .
Santa Croce and the Dome of St. Peter's are lame copies after a divine model . Strasburg Cathedral is a material counterpart of the soul of Erwin of Steinbach . The true poem is the poet's mind ; the true ship is the shipbuilder .
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Hence , evidently , the tripod , the priest , the priestess inspired by the divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history , or reconcile him with themselves .
Hence , evidently , the tripod , the priest , the priestess inspired by the divine afflatus . Jesus astonishes and overpowers sensual people . They cannot unite him to history , or reconcile him with themselves .
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ܪ We but half express ourselves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his work made ...
ܪ We but half express ourselves , and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents . It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of good issues , so it be faithfully imparted , but God will not have his work made ...
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For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing ...
For my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun . The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing ...
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| Title | Essays, First Series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2019 |
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