Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 17
... effect . 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 , all events profitable , all days ...
... effect . 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 , all events profitable , all days ...
Page 76
... effect a private end is meanness and theft . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness . As soon as the man is at one with all action . The prayer of the farmer kneeling in God , he will not beg . He will then see ...
... effect a private end is meanness and theft . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness . As soon as the man is at one with all action . The prayer of the farmer kneeling in God , he will not beg . He will then see ...
Page 87
... Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick or ...
... Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the recovery of your sick or ...
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... effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . one stem . Whilst thus the world will be whole and refuses to be ...
... effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end preëxists in the means , the fruit in the seed . one stem . Whilst thus the world will be whole and refuses to be ...
Page 145
... effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the effect ...
... effect of any writing on the public mind is mathematically measurable by its depth of thought . How much water does it draw ? If it awaken you to think , if it lift you from your feet with the great voice of eloquence , then the effect ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Essays, First Series Volume 2 of Works, Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | John B. Alden, 1886 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 343 pages |
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