The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo EmersonРипол Классик - 1041 pages |
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... things at their word,-— things as they appear,— believes in the existence of matter, not because we can touch it or conceive of it, but because it agrees with ourselves, and the universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest, is the ...
... things at their word,-— things as they appear,— believes in the existence of matter, not because we can touch it or conceive of it, but because it agrees with ourselves, and the universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest, is the ...
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... things wear different names and faces, but belong to one family; that the secret cords or laws show their wellknown virtue through every variety, be it animal, or plant, or planet, and the interest is grad— ually transferred from the ...
... things wear different names and faces, but belong to one family; that the secret cords or laws show their wellknown virtue through every variety, be it animal, or plant, or planet, and the interest is grad— ually transferred from the ...
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... things in Nature, the animals, the mountain, the river, the seasons, wood, iron, stone, vapor, have a mysterious relation to his thoughts and his life; their growths, decays, quality and use so curiously resemble himself, in parts and ...
... things in Nature, the animals, the mountain, the river, the seasons, wood, iron, stone, vapor, have a mysterious relation to his thoughts and his life; their growths, decays, quality and use so curiously resemble himself, in parts and ...
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... things can afford a quite literal speech. It is ever enlivened by inversion and' trope. God himself does not speak prose, but communicates with us by hints, omens, inference and dark resemblances in objects lying all around us.' Nothing ...
... things can afford a quite literal speech. It is ever enlivened by inversion and' trope. God himself does not speak prose, but communicates with us by hints, omens, inference and dark resemblances in objects lying all around us.' Nothing ...
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... thing, if running water, if burning coal, if crystals, ifalkalies, in their several fashions say what I say, it must be true. Thus a good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands. The Vedas, the Edda, the ...
... thing, if running water, if burning coal, if crystals, ifalkalies, in their several fashions say what I say, it must be true. Thus a good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands. The Vedas, the Edda, the ...
Contents
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ELOQUENCE | 118 |
RESOURCES | 137 |
THE COMIC | 172 |
PROGRESS OF CULTURE | 205 |
PERSIAN POETRY | 235 |
IMMORTALITY | 321 |
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