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The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are ' friendly and sacred ...
The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are ' friendly and sacred ...
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Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself , unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives .
Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself , unless he speak the phraseology of I know not what David , or Jeremiah , or Paul . We shall not always set so great a price on a few texts , on a few lives .
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As men's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey .
As men's prayers are a disease of the will , so are their creeds a disease of the intellect . They say with those foolish Israelites , Let not God speak to us , lest we die . Speak thou , speak any man with us , and we will obey .
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The intellect is vagabond , and our system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with ...
The intellect is vagabond , and our system of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with ...
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... since to try it is to be mad , — but for the circumstance , - that when the disease began in the will , of rebellion and separation , the intellect is at once infected , so that the man ceases to see God whole in each object ...
... since to try it is to be mad , — but for the circumstance , - that when the disease began in the will , of rebellion and separation , the intellect is at once infected , so that the man ceases to see God whole in each object ...
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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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