The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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... symbol , in the whole , and in every part . Every line we can draw in the sand has expression ; and there is no body without its spirit or genius . All form is an effect of character ; all condition , of the quality of the life ; all ...
... symbol , in the whole , and in every part . Every line we can draw in the sand has expression ; and there is no body without its spirit or genius . All form is an effect of character ; all condition , of the quality of the life ; all ...
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... symbol . Who loves na- ture ? Who does not ? Is it only poets , and men of leisure and cultivation , who live with her ? No ; but also hunters , farmers , grooms and butch- ers , though they express their affection in their choice of ...
... symbol . Who loves na- ture ? Who does not ? Is it only poets , and men of leisure and cultivation , who live with her ? No ; but also hunters , farmers , grooms and butch- ers , though they express their affection in their choice of ...
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... symbol , nature certifying the supernatural , body overflowed by life which he worships with coarse but sincere rites . 2 The inwardness and mystery of this attach- ment drive men of every class to the use of emblems . The schools of ...
... symbol , nature certifying the supernatural , body overflowed by life which he worships with coarse but sincere rites . 2 The inwardness and mystery of this attach- ment drive men of every class to the use of emblems . The schools of ...
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... symbol . Thought makes everything fit for use . The vocabulary of an omniscient man would embrace words and images ... symbols . The meaner the type by which a law is expressed , the more pungent it is , and the more lasting in the ...
... symbol . Thought makes everything fit for use . The vocabulary of an omniscient man would embrace words and images ... symbols . The meaner the type by which a law is expressed , the more pungent it is , and the more lasting in the ...
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... symbols we use . We can come to use them yet with a terrible simplicity . It does not need that a poem should be long . Every word was once a poem . Every new rela- tion is a new word . Also we use defects and de- formities to a sacred ...
... symbols we use . We can come to use them yet with a terrible simplicity . It does not need that a poem should be long . Every word was once a poem . Every new rela- tion is a new word . Also we use defects and de- formities to a sacred ...
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