The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... beauty as it lies in the minds of our amateurs , that men seem to have lost the perception of the instant dependence of form upon soul . There is no doctrine of forms in our philosophy . We were put into our bodies , as fire is put into ...
... beauty as it lies in the minds of our amateurs , that men seem to have lost the perception of the instant dependence of form upon soul . There is no doctrine of forms in our philosophy . We were put into our bodies , as fire is put into ...
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... the consideration of the nature and functions of the Poet , or the man of Beauty ; to the means and materials he uses , and to the general aspect of the art in the present time . eye The breadth of the problem is great , for 4 THE POET.
... the consideration of the nature and functions of the Poet , or the man of Beauty ; to the means and materials he uses , and to the general aspect of the art in the present time . eye The breadth of the problem is great , for 4 THE POET.
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... beauty , to the of loving men , from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time . He is isolated among his contemporaries by truth and by his art , but with this consolation in his pursuits , that they will draw ...
... beauty , to the of loving men , from their belief that the poet is beholding her shows at the same time . He is isolated among his contemporaries by truth and by his art , but with this consolation in his pursuits , that they will draw ...
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... the Father , the Spirit and the Son ; but which we will call here the Knower , the Doer and the Sayer . These stand respectively for the love of truth , for the love of good , and for the love of beauty . These three are equal . 6 THE POET.
... the Father , the Spirit and the Son ; but which we will call here the Knower , the Doer and the Sayer . These stand respectively for the love of truth , for the love of good , and for the love of beauty . These three are equal . 6 THE POET.
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... beauty . He is a sovereign , and stands on the centre . For the world is not painted or adorned , but is from the beginning beautiful ; and God has not made some beautiful things , but Beauty is the creator of the universe . There- fore ...
... beauty . He is a sovereign , and stands on the centre . For the world is not painted or adorned , but is from the beginning beautiful ; and God has not made some beautiful things , but Beauty is the creator of the universe . There- fore ...
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