 He spoke of miracles; for he felt that man's life was a miracle, and all that man doth, and he knew that this daily miracle shines as the character ascends. But the word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is Monster....  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Man and Teacher - Page 18by Henry Bellyse Baildon - 1884 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1846 - 706 pages
...he is drinking for ever the soul of God ! ' Or again : — ' The very word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression : it is a monster ; it is not one with the blowing- clover and the falling rain. . . . . Man's life is a miracle, and all that man doth. .... | |
 | George Wood - 1848 - 508 pages
...or as his second, be he who he may, lean except nothing." "The very word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression; it is a monster. It is uotone APPENDIX. 463 with the blowing clover and the falling rain." That is, a miracle is something... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...of Egypt, before. He spoke of miracles ; for he felt that man's life was a miracle, and all that man doth, and he knew that this daily miracle shines,...character ascends. But the word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression ; it is Monster. It is not one with the blowing clover... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...that this daily miracle shines, as the man is diviner. But the very word miraele, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression, it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. GOD AND SPIRIT. — Of that ineffable essence which we call... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 492 pages
...that this daily miracle shines, as the man is diviner. But the very word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression, it is a monster. It is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. GOD AND SPIRIT. — Of that ineffable essence which we call... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...of Egypt, before. He spoke of miracles ; for he felt that man's life was a miracle, and all that man doth, and he knew that this daily miracle shines,...character ascends. But the word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression ; it is Monster. It is not one with the blowing clover... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...mind; and that he is drinking for ever the soul of God ! ' The very word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression ; it is a monster ; it is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. . . . Man's life is a miracle, and all that man doth. ...... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...mind ; and that he is drinking for ever the soul of God ! ' The very word Miracle, as pronounced by christian Churches, gives a false impression ; it is a monster ; it is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain. . . . Man's life is a miracle, and all that man doth. ...... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1857 - 802 pages
...specimen of the " magic-lanthorn" style of writing is this : " The very word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression ; it is a monster ; it is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain Man's life is a miracle and all that man doth A true conversion,... | |
 | 1858 - 624 pages
...the soul of God." Or again, to take another specimen: — " The very word miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression: it is a monster; it is not one with the blowing clover and the falling rain Man's life is a miracle, and all that man doth A true conversion,... | |
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