Essays, First Series |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
Ralph Waldo Emerson. 199 221 . 241 • 271 293 315 HISTORY . There is no great and no small To. ESSAY VII . PRUDENCE ESSAY VIII . HEROISM ESSAY IX . THE OVER - SOUL ESSAY X. CIROLIS ESSAY XI . INTELLICCT ESSAY XII . ANT vi CONTENTS .
Ralph Waldo Emerson. 199 221 . 241 • 271 293 315 HISTORY . There is no great and no small To. ESSAY VII . PRUDENCE ESSAY VIII . HEROISM ESSAY IX . THE OVER - SOUL ESSAY X. CIROLIS ESSAY XI . INTELLICCT ESSAY XII . ANT vi CONTENTS .
Page 5
Property also holds of the soul , covers great spiritual facts , and instinctively we at first hold to it with swords and laws , and wide and complex combinations . The obscure consciousness of this fact is the light HISTORY . 5.
Property also holds of the soul , covers great spiritual facts , and instinctively we at first hold to it with swords and laws , and wide and complex combinations . The obscure consciousness of this fact is the light HISTORY . 5.
Page 12
The soul knows them not , and genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and , far back in the womb of things , sees the rays ...
The soul knows them not , and genius , obeying its law , knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches . Genius studies the causal thought , and , far back in the womb of things , sees the rays ...
Page 15
It is the spirit and not the fact that is identical . By a deeper apprehension , and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills , the artist attains the power of awakening other souls to ...
It is the spirit and not the fact that is identical . By a deeper apprehension , and not primarily by a painful acquisition of many manual skills , the artist attains the power of awakening other souls to ...
Page 24
When a a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , — when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do ...
When a a thought of Plato becomes a thought to me , — when a truth that fired the soul of Pindar fires mine , time is no more . When I feel that we two meet in a perception , that our two souls are tinged with the same hue , and do ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action affection already appear beauty becomes behold believe better body cause character child comes common conversation deep divine draw earth eternal exists experience expression face fact fall fear feel flow force friendship genius give hand hear heart highest hope hour human imagination individual intellect leave less light live look lose man's manner mean meet mind moral nature never object once organs paint particular pass past perfect persons poet present prudence reason relations secret seek seems seen sense side society soul speak spirit stand sweet teach thee things thou thought tion true truth universal virtue whilst whole wisdom wise write young
Bibliographic information
| Title | Essays, First Series |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2019 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |