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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... divine charity nourish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new combinations by the wit of man , of the same natural benefactors . He no longer waits for favoring gales , but by means of steam , he realizes the fable of Æolus's ...
... divine charity nourish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new combinations by the wit of man , of the same natural benefactors . He no longer waits for favoring gales , but by means of steam , he realizes the fable of Æolus's ...
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... divine beauty which can be loved without effeminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also decent , and causes ...
... divine beauty which can be loved without effeminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also decent , and causes ...
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... divine dies . All good is eternally reproductive . The beauty of nature reforms itself in the mind , and not for barren contemplation , but for new creation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men even ...
... divine dies . All good is eternally reproductive . The beauty of nature reforms itself in the mind , and not for barren contemplation , but for new creation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men even ...
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... divine natures , without becoming , in some degree , himself divine . Like a new soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and lightsome ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so ...
... divine natures , without becoming , in some degree , himself divine . Like a new soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and lightsome ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so ...
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... divine dream , from which we may presently awake to the glories and certain- ties of day . Idealism is a hypothesis to account for nature by other principles than those of carpentry and chemistry . Yet , if it only deny the existence of ...
... divine dream , from which we may presently awake to the glories and certain- ties of day . Idealism is a hypothesis to account for nature by other principles than those of carpentry and chemistry . Yet , if it only deny the existence of ...
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