Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 73
... light shines through us upon things , and makes us aware that we are nothing , but the light is all . A man is the façade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide . What we commonly call man , the eating , drinking , planting ...
... light shines through us upon things , and makes us aware that we are nothing , but the light is all . A man is the façade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide . What we commonly call man , the eating , drinking , planting ...
Page 123
... light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , -means , teachers , texts , temples fall ...
... light , nature , time , souls , from the centre of the present thought ; and new date and new create the whole . Whenever a mind is simple , and receives a divine wisdom , old things pass away , -means , teachers , texts , temples fall ...
Page 130
... light from us . " They do not yet perceive that light , unsystematic , indom- itable , will break into any cabin , even into theirs . Let them chirp awhile and call it their own . If they are honest and do well , presently their neat ...
... light from us . " They do not yet perceive that light , unsystematic , indom- itable , will break into any cabin , even into theirs . Let them chirp awhile and call it their own . If they are honest and do well , presently their neat ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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