Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 76
... heart , and the man becomes suddenly virtuous . Within the same sentiment is the germ of intellectual growth , which obeys the same law . Those who are capable of humility , of justice , of love , of aspiration , stand already on a ...
... heart , and the man becomes suddenly virtuous . Within the same sentiment is the germ of intellectual growth , which obeys the same law . Those who are capable of humility , of justice , of love , of aspiration , stand already on a ...
Page 84
... heart itself , nay , the infinite enlargement of the heart with a power of growth to a new infinity on every side . It inspires in man an infallible trust . He has not the conviction , but the sight , that the best is the true , and may ...
... heart itself , nay , the infinite enlargement of the heart with a power of growth to a new infinity on every side . It inspires in man an infallible trust . He has not the conviction , but the sight , that the best is the true , and may ...
Page 114
... heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope ...
... heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise , shall give him no peace . It is a deliverance which does not deliver . In the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention , no hope ...
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