Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 7
... objects , put the companion at once into an acquaintance with his Lars and Lemurs , and it was very pleasant to learn what was predestined to be a pretty mythology . Few were the objects and lonely the man , not a person to speak to ...
... objects , put the companion at once into an acquaintance with his Lars and Lemurs , and it was very pleasant to learn what was predestined to be a pretty mythology . Few were the objects and lonely the man , not a person to speak to ...
Page 163
... object prominent , but there is a prior art in choosing objects that are prominent . The fine arts have nothing casual , but spring from the instincts of the nations that created them . Beauty is the quality which makes to endure . In a ...
... object prominent , but there is a prior art in choosing objects that are prominent . The fine arts have nothing casual , but spring from the instincts of the nations that created them . Beauty is the quality which makes to endure . In a ...
Page 237
... objects ot belief . The poor Irish labourer one sees with respect , because he believes in something , in his church , and in his employers . Superstitious persons we see with respect , because their whole existence is not bounded by ...
... objects ot belief . The poor Irish labourer one sees with respect , because he believes in something , in his church , and in his employers . Superstitious persons we see with respect , because their whole existence is not bounded by ...
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