Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 43
... intellect as a temporality , and appeals to the worldly ambition of the student . His romances tend to fan these low flames . Their novelists despair of the heart . Thackeray finds that God has made no allowance for the poor thing in ...
... intellect as a temporality , and appeals to the worldly ambition of the student . His romances tend to fan these low flames . Their novelists despair of the heart . Thackeray finds that God has made no allowance for the poor thing in ...
Page 73
... intellect or the will , but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being , in which they lie - an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed . From within or from behind , a light shines through us ...
... intellect or the will , but the master of the intellect and the will ; is the background of our being , in which they lie - an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed . From within or from behind , a light shines through us ...
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... intellect , he is capable of a new energy ( as of an intellect doubled on itself ) by abandonment to the nature of things ; that , beside his privacy of power as an individual man , there is a great public power , on which he can draw ...
... intellect , he is capable of a new energy ( as of an intellect doubled on itself ) by abandonment to the nature of things ; that , beside his privacy of power as an individual man , there is a great public power , on which he can draw ...
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