 Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, -~ all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am...  The Religion of Humanity - Page 59by Octavius Brooks Frothingham - 1873 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1837 - 424 pages
...thought not only unexplained but inexplicable, as language, sleep, dreams, beasts, sex." — p. 7. " Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the...air, — and uplifted into infinite space, — all egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball." — p. 13. " Whilst we use this grand cipher to... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the...into infinite space — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am no thing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...and faith. There I feel that nothing can befal me in life,—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes) which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the...into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate... | |
 | 1848 - 596 pages
...faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blythe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts; that is, the poet. This is the best part of these... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the...into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing ; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 pages
...faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the...infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. ; I become a transparent eye-ball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...faith. There I feel that nothing can befal me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the...into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate... | |
 | 1850 - 424 pages
...Mr. Emerson defines his own position more exactly in the following precise and philosophical terms. " Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by...into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate... | |
 | Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 640 pages
...character until seen with the shore or the ship." Man is at once the worshipper and the object of worship. "Standing on the bare" ground, my head bathed by the...uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. — The \ currents of the Universal Being circulate through me. I am part or particle of God." Prayer,... | |
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