The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... 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 , Swedenborg , and the ...
... 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 , Swedenborg , and the ...
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... principal event in chrono- logy . ' Man , never so often deceived , still watches for the arrival of a brother who can hold him steady to a truth until he has made it his own . With what joy I begin to read a poem which THE POET II.
... principal event in chrono- logy . ' Man , never so often deceived , still watches for the arrival of a brother who can hold him steady to a truth until he has made it his own . With what joy I begin to read a poem which THE POET II.
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... flying fish , a little way from the ground or the water ; but the all- piercing , all - feeding and ocular air of heaven that man shall never inhabit . I tumble down again soon into my old nooks , and lead the 12 THE POET.
... flying fish , a little way from the ground or the water ; but the all- piercing , all - feeding and ocular air of heaven that man shall never inhabit . I tumble down again soon into my old nooks , and lead the 12 THE POET.
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... never so surprising , the fact of mechanics has not gained a grain's weight . The spiritual fact remains unalterable , by many or by few particulars ; as no mountain is of any appreciable height to break the curve of the sphere . A ...
... never so surprising , the fact of mechanics has not gained a grain's weight . The spiritual fact remains unalterable , by many or by few particulars ; as no mountain is of any appreciable height to break the curve of the sphere . A ...
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... never can any advantage be taken of nature by a trick . The spirit of the world , the great calm presence of the Creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine . The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a ...
... never can any advantage be taken of nature by a trick . The spirit of the world , the great calm presence of the Creator , comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine . The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a ...
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