The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 6
... 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 the person in whom these powers are in bal- ance , the man without impediment , who sees and handles ...
... 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 the person in whom these powers are in bal- ance , the man without impediment , who sees and handles ...
Page 20
... is multiform ; that within the form of every creature is a force impelling it to ascend into a higher form ; and following with his eyes the life , uses the forms which express that life , and so his speech flows 20 THE POET.
... is multiform ; that within the form of every creature is a force impelling it to ascend into a higher form ; and following with his eyes the life , uses the forms which express that life , and so his speech flows 20 THE POET.
Page 59
... an approval . We live amid surfaces , and the true art of life is to skate well on them . Under the oldest mouldiest con- ventions a man of native force prospers just as well as in the newest world , and that by EXPERIENCE 59.
... an approval . We live amid surfaces , and the true art of life is to skate well on them . Under the oldest mouldiest con- ventions a man of native force prospers just as well as in the newest world , and that by EXPERIENCE 59.
Page 69
... force supplied from the Eternal . The results of life are uncalculated and uncalculable . The years teach much which the days never know . The persons who com- pose our company converse , and come and go , and design and execute many ...
... force supplied from the Eternal . The results of life are uncalculated and uncalculable . The years teach much which the days never know . The persons who com- pose our company converse , and come and go , and design and execute many ...
Page 77
... force of intellect attribute to the object the proper deity which sleeps or wakes forever in every subject . Never can love make con- sciousness and ascription equal in force . There will be the same gulf between every me and thee as ...
... force of intellect attribute to the object the proper deity which sleeps or wakes forever in every subject . Never can love make con- sciousness and ascription equal in force . There will be the same gulf between every me and thee as ...
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