The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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... beauty , and light the universe with their admonishing smile . The stars awaken a certain reverence , because though al- ways present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to ...
... beauty , and light the universe with their admonishing smile . The stars awaken a certain reverence , because though al- ways present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to ...
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... , with the gen- eral remark , that this mercenary benefit is one which has respect to a further good . A man is fed , not that he may be fed , but that he may work . A CHAPTER III . BEAUTY . NOBLER want of man 10 COMMODITY .
... , with the gen- eral remark , that this mercenary benefit is one which has respect to a further good . A man is fed , not that he may be fed , but that he may work . A CHAPTER III . BEAUTY . NOBLER want of man 10 COMMODITY .
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... BEAUTY . NOBLER want of man is served by nature , namely , the love of Beauty . The The ancient Greeks called the world kooμos , beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the ...
... BEAUTY . NOBLER want of man is served by nature , namely , the love of Beauty . The The ancient Greeks called the world kooμos , beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the ...
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... beauty , and in the same field , it beholds , every hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The ...
... beauty , and in the same field , it beholds , every hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The ...
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... beauty of Nature which is seen and felt as beauty , is the least part . The shows of day , the dewy morning , the rainbow , mountains , orchards in blossom , stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly ...
... beauty of Nature which is seen and felt as beauty , is the least part . The shows of day , the dewy morning , the rainbow , mountains , orchards in blossom , stars , moonlight , shadows in still water , and the like , if too eagerly ...
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