The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... minds of our amateurs , that men seem to have lost the perception of the instant dependence of form upon soul . There is no doctrine of forms in our philosophy . We were put into our bodies , as fire is put into a pan to be carried ...
... minds of our amateurs , that men seem to have lost the perception of the instant dependence of form upon soul . There is no doctrine of forms in our philosophy . We were put into our bodies , as fire is put into a pan to be carried ...
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... minds of the world have never ceased to explore the double meaning , or shall I say the quadruple or the centuple or much more manifold meaning , of every sensuous fact ; 2 Orpheus , Empedocles , Heraclitus , Plato , Plu- tarch , Dante ...
... minds of the world have never ceased to explore the double meaning , or shall I say the quadruple or the centuple or much more manifold meaning , of every sensuous fact ; 2 Orpheus , Empedocles , Heraclitus , Plato , Plu- tarch , Dante ...
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... 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 praise . But when the question arose whether he was not only a lyrist but a poet , we ...
... 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 praise . But when the question arose whether he was not only a lyrist but a poet , we ...
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... lasting in the memories of men ; just as we choose the smallest box or case in which any needful uten- sil can be carried . Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind as it is III THE POET 17.
... lasting in the memories of men ; just as we choose the smallest box or case in which any needful uten- sil can be carried . Bare lists of words are found suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind as it is III THE POET 17.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind as it is related of Lord Chatham that he was accustomed to read in Bailey's Dictionary when he was preparing to speak in Parliament . The poorest ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Edward Waldo Emerson. suggestive to an imaginative and excited mind as it is related of Lord Chatham that he was accustomed to read in Bailey's Dictionary when he was preparing to speak in Parliament . The poorest ...
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