Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 75
... soul's scale is one ; the scale of the senses and the under- standing is another . Before the revelations of the soul , Time , Space , and Nature shrink away . In common speech , we refer all things to time , as we habitually refer the ...
... soul's scale is one ; the scale of the senses and the under- standing is another . Before the revelations of the soul , Time , Space , and Nature shrink away . In common speech , we refer all things to time , as we habitually refer the ...
Page 79
... soul always mingles with the universal soul . The nature of these revelations is the same ; they are per- ceptions of the absolute law . They are solutions of the soul's own questions . They do not answer the questions which the ...
... soul always mingles with the universal soul . The nature of these revelations is the same ; they are per- ceptions of the absolute law . They are solutions of the soul's own questions . They do not answer the questions which the ...
Page 179
... soul out of which they came ) , which carry them fast and far , and infix them irrecoverably into the hearts of men . These wings are the beauty of the poet's soul . The songs , thus flying immortal from their mortal parent , are ...
... soul out of which they came ) , which carry them fast and far , and infix them irrecoverably into the hearts of men . These wings are the beauty of the poet's soul . The songs , thus flying immortal from their mortal parent , are ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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