The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 37
... mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified ... mind , in its rising aims to pass out of the mind into act ; just as every plant , in the moment of germination ...
... mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified ... mind , in its rising aims to pass out of the mind into act ; just as every plant , in the moment of germination ...
Page 40
... mind . ' In the first place let us consider this in refer- ence to the useful arts . Here the omnipotent agent is Nature ; all human acts are satellites to her orb . Nature is the representative of the uni- versal mind , and the law ...
... mind . ' In the first place let us consider this in refer- ence to the useful arts . Here the omnipotent agent is Nature ; all human acts are satellites to her orb . Nature is the representative of the uni- versal mind , and the law ...
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... mind acts . In speaking of the useful arts , I pointed to the fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely analogous to ...
... mind acts . In speaking of the useful arts , I pointed to the fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely analogous to ...
Page 50
... mind than as if arbitrarily composed by the poet . The feeling of all great poets has accorded with this . They found the verse , not made it . The muse brought it to them . In sculpture , did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece ...
... mind than as if arbitrarily composed by the poet . The feeling of all great poets has accorded with this . They found the verse , not made it . The muse brought it to them . In sculpture , did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece ...
Page 51
... mind which may be called religious . It conspires with all exalted sentiments . Proceeding from absolute mind , whose nature . is goodness as much as truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea ...
... mind which may be called religious . It conspires with all exalted sentiments . Proceeding from absolute mind , whose nature . is goodness as much as truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea ...
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