Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 58
... moral sweet , the moral deep , the moral fair ; that is , again , to contrive to cut clean off this upper surface so thin as to leave it bottomless ; to get a one end without an other end . The soul says , Eat 58 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... moral sweet , the moral deep , the moral fair ; that is , again , to contrive to cut clean off this upper surface so thin as to leave it bottomless ; to get a one end without an other end . The soul says , Eat 58 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 148
... moral nature to urge a virtue which it enjoins . For , to the soul in her pure action , all the virtues are natural , and not pain- fully acquired . Speak to his heart , and the man becomes suddenly virtuous . Within the same sentiment ...
... moral nature to urge a virtue which it enjoins . For , to the soul in her pure action , all the virtues are natural , and not pain- fully acquired . Speak to his heart , and the man becomes suddenly virtuous . Within the same sentiment ...
Page 152
... moral sentiments , heedless of sensual fortunes , heeding only the manifestations of these , never made the separation of the idea of duration from the essence of these attributes ; never uttered a syllable concerning the duration of ...
... moral sentiments , heedless of sensual fortunes , heeding only the manifestations of these , never made the separation of the idea of duration from the essence of these attributes ; never uttered a syllable concerning the duration of ...
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