The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... direction from its celestial life ; or as the ancients were wont to express themselves , not with intellect alone but with the intellect inebriated by nectar . As the , traveller who has lost his way throws his reins on his horse's neck ...
... direction from its celestial life ; or as the ancients were wont to express themselves , not with intellect alone but with the intellect inebriated by nectar . As the , traveller who has lost his way throws his reins on his horse's neck ...
Page 73
... seems to be mere advertisement of faculty ; information is given us not to sell ourselves cheap ; that we are very great . So , in particulars , our greatness is always in a tendency ―― or direction , not in an action . It is EXPERIENCE 73.
... seems to be mere advertisement of faculty ; information is given us not to sell ourselves cheap ; that we are very great . So , in particulars , our greatness is always in a tendency ―― or direction , not in an action . It is EXPERIENCE 73.
Page 74
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. or direction , not in an action . It is for us to believe in the rule , not in the exception . The noble are thus known from the ignoble . So in accepting the leading of the sentiments , it is ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. or direction , not in an action . It is for us to believe in the rule , not in the exception . The noble are thus known from the ignoble . So in accepting the leading of the sentiments , it is ...
Page 80
... direction is a telescope for the objects on which it is pointed . But every other part of knowledge is to be pushed to the same extrav- agance , ere the soul attains her due sphericity . Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her ...
... direction is a telescope for the objects on which it is pointed . But every other part of knowledge is to be pushed to the same extrav- agance , ere the soul attains her due sphericity . Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her ...
Page 114
... direction . The history of those gods and saints which the world has written and then worshipped , are documents of character . The ages have exulted in the manners of a youth who owed nothing to for- tune , and who was hanged at the ...
... direction . The history of those gods and saints which the world has written and then worshipped , are documents of character . The ages have exulted in the manners of a youth who owed nothing to for- tune , and who was hanged at the ...
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