 All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison, but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect...  The Onlooker - Page 201902Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to shew that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the vast background of our being, in... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 564 pages
...as do now the rose and the air and the sun." — Essays, 1841, p. 114. And again, " All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; — is the vast background of our being,... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 pages
...as do now the rose and the air and the sun." — Essays, 1841, p. 114. And again, " All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will; — is the vast background of our being,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being, in which... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison,—but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison,—but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; — is the vast back-ground of our being,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; — is the vast back-ground of our being,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates...not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being, in which... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, hut animates and exercises all the organs ; is not a function,...not a faculty, but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being, in which... | |
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