The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 26
... at all risks , his human doors , and suffering the ethereal tides to roll and circulate through him ; then he is caught up into the life of the Universe , his speech is thunder , 1 " Fah ' his thought is law , and his 26 THE POET.
... at all risks , his human doors , and suffering the ethereal tides to roll and circulate through him ; then he is caught up into the life of the Universe , his speech is thunder , 1 " Fah ' his thought is law , and his 26 THE POET.
Page 39
... human figures ; the orator into the assembly of the people ; and the others in such scenes as each has found exciting to his intellect ; and each presently feels the new desire . He hears a voice , he sees a beckoning . Then he is ap ...
... human figures ; the orator into the assembly of the people ; and the others in such scenes as each has found exciting to his intellect ; and each presently feels the new desire . He hears a voice , he sees a beckoning . Then he is ap ...
Page 51
... human life ? Of what use , if the brain is too cold or too hot , and the man does not care enough for results to stimulate him to experiment , and hold him up in it ? or if the web is too finely woven , too irritable by pleasure and ...
... human life ? Of what use , if the brain is too cold or too hot , and the man does not care enough for results to stimulate him to experiment , and hold him up in it ? or if the web is too finely woven , too irritable by pleasure and ...
Page 63
... human body never absent . A collector recently bought at public auction , in London , for one hundred and fifty - seven guineas , an autograph of Shakspeare ; but for nothing a school - boy can read Hamlet and can detect secrets of high ...
... human body never absent . A collector recently bought at public auction , in London , for one hundred and fifty - seven guineas , an autograph of Shakspeare ; but for nothing a school - boy can read Hamlet and can detect secrets of high ...
Page 65
... Human life is made up of the two elements , power and form , and the proportion must be invariably kept if we would have it sweet and sound . Each of these elements in excess makes a mischief as hurtful as its defect . Everything - runs ...
... Human life is made up of the two elements , power and form , and the proportion must be invariably kept if we would have it sweet and sound . Each of these elements in excess makes a mischief as hurtful as its defect . Everything - runs ...
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