 All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison, — but uses these as hands and feet ; is not a faculty, but a...  Appletons' Popular Science Monthly - Page 558edited by - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...notice,—we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison,—but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...notice,—we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison,—but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...— we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, hut animates and exercises all the organs ; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...— we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...exercises all the organs ; is not a function, like the powers of memory, of calculation, of comparison, but uses these as hands and feet ; is not a faculty,... | |
 | January Searle - 1855 - 94 pages
...spiritual theory, in opposition to the dog-theory of materialism : — " All goes to show that the soul of man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all...function, like the power of memory, of calculation, or comparison — but uses these as hands and feet ; is not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect... | |
 | 1870 - 586 pages
...the peculiar essence of humanity, and with the body the reality and unity of the individual man. " The soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; it is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison, but uses these as hands... | |
 | 1872 - 592 pages
...investigation. A poet-philosopher of our day, Mr. Emerson, has uttered the following memorable words : " All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being, in which they lie— an immensity... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 408 pages
...particular knowledges and powers. Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul. • — All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...function like the power of memory, of calculation, of compassion, but uses these as hands and feet ; is not a faculty, but a light • is not the intellect... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 416 pages
...particular knowledges and powers. Ineffable is the union of man and God in every act of the soul. — All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...function like the power of memory, of calculation, of compassion, but uses these as hands and feet ; is not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...— we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ,...organs; is not a function like the power of memory, of caleulation, of comparison, but uses these as hands and feet ; is not a faculty, but a light ; is not... | |
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