The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d seriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Page 34
... universal one . The morning- redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen , and comes to stand to him for truth and faith ; and , he believes , should stand for the same realities to every reader . But the first ...
... universal one . The morning- redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen , and comes to stand to him for truth and faith ; and , he believes , should stand for the same realities to every reader . But the first ...
Page 35
... universal signs , instead of these village symbols , and we shall both be gainers . The history of hierarchies seems to show that all religious error consisted in making the sym- bol too stark and solid , and was at last nothing but an ...
... universal signs , instead of these village symbols , and we shall both be gainers . The history of hierarchies seems to show that all religious error consisted in making the sym- bol too stark and solid , and was at last nothing but an ...
Page 41
... universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of ani- mals and plants , and by growth of joy on joy . God wills also that thou abdicate a manifold and duplex life , and that thou be content that others speak for thee . Others shall ...
... universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes of ani- mals and plants , and by growth of joy on joy . God wills also that thou abdicate a manifold and duplex life , and that thou be content that others speak for thee . Others shall ...
Page 47
... tions . It is almost all custom and gross sense . There are even few opinions , and these seem organic in the speakers , and do not disturb the universal necessity . - What opium is instilled into all disaster ! It shows EXPERIENCE 47.
... tions . It is almost all custom and gross sense . There are even few opinions , and these seem organic in the speakers , and do not disturb the universal necessity . - What opium is instilled into all disaster ! It shows EXPERIENCE 47.
Page 57
... universal applicability in men , but each has his special talent , and the mastery of successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practised . We do what we must , and call it ...
... universal applicability in men , but each has his special talent , and the mastery of successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practised . We do what we must , and call it ...
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