Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 161
... action . Elegance of form in bird or beast , or in the human figure , marks some excellence of structure or beauty is only an invitation from what belongs to us . ' Tis a law of botany , that in plants the same virtues follow the same ...
... action . Elegance of form in bird or beast , or in the human figure , marks some excellence of structure or beauty is only an invitation from what belongs to us . ' Tis a law of botany , that in plants the same virtues follow the same ...
Page 254
... actions , but men ; not a chemical drop of water , but rain ; the spirit that sheds and showers actions , countless ... action of man no mark in the vast idea . To the youth diffident of his ability , and full of compunction at his ...
... actions , but men ; not a chemical drop of water , but rain ; the spirit that sheds and showers actions , countless ... action of man no mark in the vast idea . To the youth diffident of his ability , and full of compunction at his ...
Page 325
... Action is with the scholar subordinate , but it is essential . Without it , he is not yet man . Without it , thought can never ripen into truth . Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty , we cannot even see its beauty ...
... Action is with the scholar subordinate , but it is essential . Without it , he is not yet man . Without it , thought can never ripen into truth . Whilst the world hangs before the eye as a cloud of beauty , we cannot even see its beauty ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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action animal appear beauty behold believe better character church conversation dæmon divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil eyes fact faith fear feel force genius give Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour means Milton mind moral nations nature never numbers opinion party perfect persons Phidias philosophy Plato Plutarch poem poet poetry political Portrait present race reform relations religion religious Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society solitude soul speak spirit stand Stoicism sublime SYDNEY DOBELL T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day Transcendental Transcendentalist true truth universal virtue Walter Lewin WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wise wish words write youth