Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... true ; but it is a far greater virtue to love the true for itself alone , than to love the good for itself alone . He ( Cole- ridge ) knew all about Unitarianism perfectly well , because he had once been a Unitarian , and knew what ...
... true ; but it is a far greater virtue to love the true for itself alone , than to love the good for itself alone . He ( Cole- ridge ) knew all about Unitarianism perfectly well , because he had once been a Unitarian , and knew what ...
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... true , that it is true in gleams and fragments . Then its countenance waxes stern and grand , and we see that it must be true . It now shows itself ethical and practical . We learn that God IS ; that he is in me ; and that all things ...
... true , that it is true in gleams and fragments . Then its countenance waxes stern and grand , and we see that it must be true . It now shows itself ethical and practical . We learn that God IS ; that he is in me ; and that all things ...
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... true and noble man ; never forgetting to worship_the_immortal divinities , who whisper to the poet , and make him the utterer of melodies that pierce the ear of eternal time . If he have this twofold goodness , the drill and the ...
... true and noble man ; never forgetting to worship_the_immortal divinities , who whisper to the poet , and make him the utterer of melodies that pierce the ear of eternal time . If he have this twofold goodness , the drill and the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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