Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 100
... behold- ing in many souls the traits of the divine beauty , and separat- ing in each soul that which is divine from the taint which they have contracted in the world , the lover ascends ever to the highest beauty , to the love and ...
... behold- ing in many souls the traits of the divine beauty , and separat- ing in each soul that which is divine from the taint which they have contracted in the world , the lover ascends ever to the highest beauty , to the love and ...
Page 144
... carry its august sense ; they fall short and cold . Only itself can inspire whom it will , and behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet , and universal as the rising of the wind . Yet I desire , even by 144 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... carry its august sense ; they fall short and cold . Only itself can inspire whom it will , and behold ! their speech shall be lyrical , and sweet , and universal as the rising of the wind . Yet I desire , even by 144 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 153
... behold , is only an aspiration , or is our honest effort also . We are all discerners of spirits . That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power , not in the understanding . The whole intercourse of society , its trade ...
... behold , is only an aspiration , or is our honest effort also . We are all discerners of spirits . That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power , not in the understanding . The whole intercourse of society , its trade ...
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