The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 5
... , who cannot report the conversation they have had with nature . There is no man who does not anticipate a supersensual utility in the sun and stars , earth and water . These stand and wait to render him a peculiar service . THE POET 5.
... , who cannot report the conversation they have had with nature . There is no man who does not anticipate a supersensual utility in the sun and stars , earth and water . These stand and wait to render him a peculiar service . THE POET 5.
Page 6
... conversation what had befallen him . Yet , in our experience , the rays or appulses have sufficient force to arrive at the senses , but not enough to reach the quick and compel the re- production of themselves in speech . The poet is ...
... conversation what had befallen him . Yet , in our experience , the rays or appulses have sufficient force to arrive at the senses , but not enough to reach the quick and compel the re- production of themselves in speech . The poet is ...
Page 9
... conversation the other day concerning a re- cent writer of lyrics , a man of subtle mind , whose head appeared to be a music - box of delicate tunes and rhythms , and whose skill and com- mand of language we could not sufficiently ...
... conversation the other day concerning a re- cent writer of lyrics , a man of subtle mind , whose head appeared to be a music - box of delicate tunes and rhythms , and whose skill and com- mand of language we could not sufficiently ...
Page 17
... conversation . What would be base , or even obscene , to the obscene , becomes illustrious , spoken in a new connection of thought . The piety of the He- brew prophets purges their grossness . The cir- cumcision is an example of the ...
... conversation . What would be base , or even obscene , to the obscene , becomes illustrious , spoken in a new connection of thought . The piety of the He- brew prophets purges their grossness . The cir- cumcision is an example of the ...
Page 27
... they can , to add this extraor dinary power to their normal powers ; and t this end they prize conversation , music , pictures , sculpture , dancing , theatres , travelling , war , mobs , - fires , gaming , politics , or love , THE POET 27.
... they can , to add this extraor dinary power to their normal powers ; and t this end they prize conversation , music , pictures , sculpture , dancing , theatres , travelling , war , mobs , - fires , gaming , politics , or love , THE POET 27.
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