The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 15
... moral power , if any phenomenon remains brute and dark it is because the corresponding faculty in the observer is not yet active . No wonder then , if these waters be so deep , that we hover over them with a religious regard . The ...
... moral power , if any phenomenon remains brute and dark it is because the corresponding faculty in the observer is not yet active . No wonder then , if these waters be so deep , that we hover over them with a religious regard . The ...
Page 35
... moral nature . The figs become grapes whilst he eats them . When some of his angels affirmed a truth , the laurel twig which they held blossomed in their hands . The noise which at a distance appeared like gnashing and thumping , on ...
... moral nature . The figs become grapes whilst he eats them . When some of his angels affirmed a truth , the laurel twig which they held blossomed in their hands . The noise which at a distance appeared like gnashing and thumping , on ...
Page 52
... moral sentiment avails to im- pose , but the individual texture holds its domin- ion , if not to bias the moral judgments , yet to fix the measure of activity and of enjoyment . I thus express the law as it is read from the platform of ...
... moral sentiment avails to im- pose , but the individual texture holds its domin- ion , if not to bias the moral judgments , yet to fix the measure of activity and of enjoyment . I thus express the law as it is read from the platform of ...
Page 68
... moral sentiment is well called " the new- ness , " for it is never other ; as new to the oldest intelligence as to the young child ; — “ the king- dom that cometh without observation . " " In like manner , for practical success , there ...
... moral sentiment is well called " the new- ness , " for it is never other ; as new to the oldest intelligence as to the young child ; — “ the king- dom that cometh without observation . " " In like manner , for practical success , there ...
Page 69
... moral and keep due metes and bounds , which I dearly love , and allow the most to the will of man ; but I have set my heart on honesty in this chapter , and I can see nothing at last , in success or fail- ure , than more or less of ...
... moral and keep due metes and bounds , which I dearly love , and allow the most to the will of man ; but I have set my heart on honesty in this chapter , and I can see nothing at last , in success or fail- ure , than more or less of ...
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