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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... ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , my head bathed by the blithe air , and uplifted into infinite space , all mean egotism vanishes . I become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see ...
... ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , my head bathed by the blithe air , and uplifted into infinite space , all mean egotism vanishes . I become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see ...
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... leave them to the reader's reflection , 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 ...
... leave them to the reader's reflection , 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 ...
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... leaves , and the forms of many trees , as the palm . For better consideration , we may distribute the aspects of Beauty in a threefold manner . 1. First , the simple perception of natural forms is a delight . The influence of the forms ...
... leaves , and the forms of many trees , as the palm . For better consideration , we may distribute the aspects of Beauty in a threefold manner . 1. First , the simple perception of natural forms is a delight . The influence of the forms ...
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... leave no wrinkle or stain ? how much industry and providence and af- fection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes ? What a searching preacher of self - command is the varying phenom- enon of Health ! Herein is especially ...
... leave no wrinkle or stain ? how much industry and providence and af- fection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes ? What a searching preacher of self - command is the varying phenom- enon of Health ! Herein is especially ...
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... leaves God out of me . It leaves me in the splendid labyrinth of my perceptions , to wander without end . Then the heart resists it , because it balks the affections in denying substantive being to men and women . Nature is so pervaded ...
... leaves God out of me . It leaves me in the splendid labyrinth of my perceptions , to wander without end . Then the heart resists it , because it balks the affections in denying substantive being to men and women . Nature is so pervaded ...
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