Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xxiv
... Nature and in ourselves points the conclusion that Nature is moral : " All things preach to us . " It is Emerson's intimate sense of this spiritual presence in Nature that makes of him the pagan that he often is , and impels him to ...
... Nature and in ourselves points the conclusion that Nature is moral : " All things preach to us . " It is Emerson's intimate sense of this spiritual presence in Nature that makes of him the pagan that he often is , and impels him to ...
Page 111
... nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid for in nature's lawful coin - that is , by labour which the heart and the head allow . I no longer wish to meet a good I do not earn - for example , to find a pot of buried gold , know ...
... nature is the soul's , and may be had , if paid for in nature's lawful coin - that is , by labour which the heart and the head allow . I no longer wish to meet a good I do not earn - for example , to find a pot of buried gold , know ...
Page 176
... nature which does not carry the whole sense of nature ; and the distinctions which we make in events , and in affairs , of low and high , honest and base , disappear when nature is used as a symbol . Thought makes everything fit for use ...
... nature which does not carry the whole sense of nature ; and the distinctions which we make in events , and in affairs , of low and high , honest and base , disappear when nature is used as a symbol . Thought makes everything fit for use ...
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