Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxiv
... divine mind to which we also have access . And this explains his doctrine of Representative Men . " We delight in the great man because he is the ampler expression of what in us is cramped and small . " It is a corollary of this view of ...
... divine mind to which we also have access . And this explains his doctrine of Representative Men . " We delight in the great man because he is the ampler expression of what in us is cramped and small . " It is a corollary of this view of ...
Page 123
... divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light ...
... divine spirit are so pure , that it is profane to seek to interpose helps . It must be that when God speaketh he should communicate , not one thing , but all things ; should fill the world with his voice ; should scatter forth light ...
Page 195
... divine nature being forgotten , a sickness infects and dwarfs the constitution . Once man was all ; now he is an appendage , a nuisance . And because the indwelling Supreme Spirit cannot wholly be got rid of , the doctrine of it suffers ...
... divine nature being forgotten , a sickness infects and dwarfs the constitution . Once man was all ; now he is an appendage , a nuisance . And because the indwelling Supreme Spirit cannot wholly be got rid of , the doctrine of it suffers ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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