Essays: First SeriesNational Home Library Foundation, 1932 - 172 pages |
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Page 68
... there will be a demonstration of the wrong to the understanding also ; but should we not see it , this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account . Neither can it be said , on the other hand 68 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... there will be a demonstration of the wrong to the understanding also ; but should we not see it , this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account . Neither can it be said , on the other hand 68 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
Page 152
... understanding asks . The soul answers never by words , but by the thing itself , that is inquired after . Revelation is the disclosure of the soul . The popular notion of a revelation is that it is a telling of fortunes . In past ...
... understanding asks . The soul answers never by words , but by the thing itself , that is inquired after . Revelation is the disclosure of the soul . The popular notion of a revelation is that it is a telling of fortunes . In past ...
Page 167
... understanding in any part , no words would be necessary thereon . If at one in all parts , no words would be suffered . Literature is a point outside of our hodiernal circle , through which a new one may be described . The use of ...
... understanding in any part , no words would be necessary thereon . If at one in all parts , no words would be suffered . Literature is a point outside of our hodiernal circle , through which a new one may be described . The use of ...
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