The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 88
Page 4
... mean of color and cut which would never detain the eye for a moment . He went to Vienna , to Smyrna , to London . In all the variety of costumes , a carnival , a kaleidoscope of clothes , to his horror he could never discover a man in ...
... mean of color and cut which would never detain the eye for a moment . He went to Vienna , to Smyrna , to London . In all the variety of costumes , a carnival , a kaleidoscope of clothes , to his horror he could never discover a man in ...
Page 6
... mean and average structure such as iron and salt , atmospheric air and water . But there are metals , like potassium and sodium , which , to be kept pure , must be kept under naphtha . Such are the talents determined on some specialty ...
... mean and average structure such as iron and salt , atmospheric air and water . But there are metals , like potassium and sodium , which , to be kept pure , must be kept under naphtha . Such are the talents determined on some specialty ...
Page 8
... means and needs to impose his system on all the rest . The determination of each is from all the others , like that of each tree up into free space . ' Tis no wonder , when each has his whole head , our societies should be so small ...
... means and needs to impose his system on all the rest . The determination of each is from all the others , like that of each tree up into free space . ' Tis no wonder , when each has his whole head , our societies should be so small ...
Page 11
... . - It by no means follows that we are not fit for society , because soirées are tedious and because the soirée finds us tedious . A backwoodsman , who had been sent to the university , told me SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE II.
... . - It by no means follows that we are not fit for society , because soirées are tedious and because the soirée finds us tedious . A backwoodsman , who had been sent to the university , told me SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE II.
Page 40
... means , its firm law to the useful and the beautiful arts . The law is this . The uni- versal soul is the alone creator of the useful and the beautiful ; therefore to make anything useful or beautiful , the individual must be submitted ...
... means , its firm law to the useful and the beautiful arts . The law is this . The uni- versal soul is the alone creator of the useful and the beautiful ; therefore to make anything useful or beautiful , the individual must be submitted ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Æschylus appears astronomy beauty Ben Jonson better called charm civil club Confucius conversation courage dæmons delight Demosthenes divine earth eloquence Emerson essay face fact feel force Gawain genius give Goethe Greece Hafiz hand hear heard heart heaven human imagination inspiration intel intellect Jotun journal king labor lecture live look Madame de Staël manners master Merlin mind moral nations Nature never Odoacer orator perception Persian persons Pindar Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry political RALPH WALDO EMERSON rhyme Saadi scholar sense sentence sentiment Shakspeare Simorg society Socrates song soul speak speech spirit talent things thou thought Timur tion true truth ture verse Viasa virtue voice whilst whole wise words write wrote young youth Zoroaster