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" 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 56
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

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...
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Essays, orations and lectures

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...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

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...
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Nature

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...
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Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling

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...
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Reminiscences of Thought and Feeling

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...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

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...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

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...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

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...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

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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