The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 8
... kind of words . The sign and credentials of the poet are that he announces that which no man foretold . He is the true and only doctor ; he knows and tells ; he is the only teller of news , for he was present and privy to the appearance ...
... kind of words . The sign and credentials of the poet are that he announces that which no man foretold . He is the true and only doctor ; he knows and tells ; he is the only teller of news , for he was present and privy to the appearance ...
Page 22
... of a material and finite kind . Nature , through all her king- doms , insures herself . Nobody cares for plant- ing the poor fungus ; so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores , any one 22 THE POET.
... of a material and finite kind . Nature , through all her king- doms , insures herself . Nobody cares for plant- ing the poor fungus ; so she shakes down from the gills of one agaric countless spores , any one 22 THE POET.
Page 23
... kind may be safe from accidents to which the individual is exposed . So when the soul of the poet has come to ripeness of thought , she detaches and sends away from it its poems or songs , a fearless , sleepless , deathless progeny ...
... kind may be safe from accidents to which the individual is exposed . So when the soul of the poet has come to ripeness of thought , she detaches and sends away from it its poems or songs , a fearless , sleepless , deathless progeny ...
Page 43
... Dearest Nature , strong and kind , Whispered , Darling , never mind ! · To - morrow they will wear another face , The founder thou ! these are thy race ! ' EXPERIENCE HERE do we find ourselves ? In a series EXPERIENCE.
... Dearest Nature , strong and kind , Whispered , Darling , never mind ! · To - morrow they will wear another face , The founder thou ! these are thy race ! ' EXPERIENCE HERE do we find ourselves ? In a series EXPERIENCE.
Page 107
... kind admonitions of a Doctor of Divinity , - ' My friend , a man can neither be praised nor in- sulted . ' But forgive the counsels ; they are very natural . I remember the thought which occurred to me when some ingenious and spir ...
... kind admonitions of a Doctor of Divinity , - ' My friend , a man can neither be praised nor in- sulted . ' But forgive the counsels ; they are very natural . I remember the thought which occurred to me when some ingenious and spir ...
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