Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 102
... things to the ends of virtue ; the body would have the power over things to its own ends . The soul strives amain to live and work through all things . It would be the only fact . All things shall be added unto it , — power , pleasure ...
... things to the ends of virtue ; the body would have the power over things to its own ends . The soul strives amain to live and work through all things . It would be the only fact . All things shall be added unto it , — power , pleasure ...
Page 122
... things , and reverse theirs , pay for benefits not with money but with honour , and represent the law in his own ... things find their common origin . For , the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul ...
... things , and reverse theirs , pay for benefits not with money but with honour , and represent the law in his own ... things find their common origin . For , the sense of being which in calm hours rises , we know not how , in the soul ...
Page 123
... things pass away , -means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now , and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one as much as another . All things are dissolved to their ...
... things pass away , -means , teachers , texts , temples fall ; it lives now , and absorbs past and future into the present hour . All things are made sacred by relation to it , -one as much as another . All things are dissolved to their ...
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