We feel, in seeing a noble building, which rhymes well, as we do in hearing a perfect song, that it is spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and... The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 53by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
| Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...is spiritually organic, that is, had a necessity in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of jEschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, were all made not for... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 286 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of jEschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 334 pages
...spiritually organic; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of Jischylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspearc, all and each were made... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 316 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...has as much reason for being as the earth and the mn. The gayest charm of beauty lias a root in the constitution of things. The Iliad of Homer, the songs... | |
| 1879 - 680 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity in nature for being ; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...executed by the artist, not arbitrarily composed by him. * * * The highest praise we can attribute to any writer, painter, sculptor, builder, is, that he actually... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of jEschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made... | |
| James Mason Hoppin - 1881 - 842 pages
...beautiful rests on the foundation of the necessary. Nothing is arbitrary, nothing is insulated in beauty. Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun." In every age and under all conditions there are evidences and manifestations of this universal beauty... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 328 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being ; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of ^schy1ns, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 336 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being ; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of ^llschy1ns, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 558 pages
...spiritually organic; that is, had a necessity, in Nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...the sun. The gayest charm of beauty has a root in tho constitution of things. The Iliad of Homer, the songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies... | |
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