The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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Page 40
... Nature ; all human acts are satellites to her orb . Nature is the representative of the uni- versal mind , and the law becomes this , that Art must be a complement to Nature , strictly subsidiary . It was said , in allusion to the great ...
... Nature ; all human acts are satellites to her orb . Nature is the representative of the uni- versal mind , and the law becomes this , that Art must be a complement to Nature , strictly subsidiary . It was said , in allusion to the great ...
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... Nature , again in active operation . It differs from the works of Nature in this , that they are organic- ally reproductive . This is not , but spiritually it is prolific by its powerful action on the intel lects of men . Hence it ...
... Nature , again in active operation . It differs from the works of Nature in this , that they are organic- ally reproductive . This is not , but spiritually it is prolific by its powerful action on the intel lects of men . Hence it ...
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... Nature is brute but as this soul quickens it ; Nature , always the effect , mind the flowing cause . Na- ture , we find , is ever as is our sensibility ; it is hostile to ignorance , - plastic , transparent , delightful , to knowledge.3 ...
... Nature is brute but as this soul quickens it ; Nature , always the effect , mind the flowing cause . Na- ture , we find , is ever as is our sensibility ; it is hostile to ignorance , - plastic , transparent , delightful , to knowledge.3 ...
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