It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit;... Complete Works - Page 56by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...heat, water, azote, but to lead us to regard Nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit—to esteem Nature as an... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the toll-man, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as an accident... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit; to esteem nature as an... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 320 pages
...wheelwright, the carpenter, the toll-man, are much displeased at the intimation." " But," he goes on to say, " whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of...water, azote — but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; — to attribute necessary existence to spirit; — to esteem nature... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 314 pages
...wheelwright, the carpenter, the toll-man, are much displeased at the intimation." " But," he goes on to say, " whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of...stability of particular phenomena; as of heat, water, azote—but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; — to attribute necessary... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of thj absolute existence of nature still remains open. It is the uniform effect of culture on the human... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...heat, water, azote, but to lead us to regard Nature as a phenomenon, not a substance , to attribute necessary existence to spirit — to esteem Nature as... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...spirit. The broker, the wheelwright, the carpenter, the tollman, are much displeased at the intimation. But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...water, azote ; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance ; to attribute necessary existence to spirit ; to esteem nature as an... | |
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