Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 23
... present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world . I remember one summer day in the fields my companion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite ...
... present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world . I remember one summer day in the fields my companion pointed out to me a broad cloud , which might extend a quarter of a mile parallel to the horizon , quite ...
Page 26
... on the itinerancy of the present day . The antagonism of the two tendencies is not less active in individuals , as the love of inate . A man of rude health and flowing spirits adventure or the love of repose happens to predomof 26 HISTORY .
... on the itinerancy of the present day . The antagonism of the two tendencies is not less active in individuals , as the love of inate . A man of rude health and flowing spirits adventure or the love of repose happens to predomof 26 HISTORY .
Page 74
... present aspects of what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of ...
... present aspects of what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of ...
Page 58
... present , and live ever in a new day . In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity , yet when the devout motions of the soul come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color ...
... present , and live ever in a new day . In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity , yet when the devout motions of the soul come , yield to them heart and life , though they should clothe God with shape and color ...
Page 66
... present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now , and absorbs past and future into the present ...
... present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now , and absorbs past and future into the present ...
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| 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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