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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Page 7
... never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wisest man extort her secret , and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection . Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , re ...
... never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wisest man extort her secret , and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection . Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , re ...
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... the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street , and sees the sky and the woods , and is a man again . In their eternal calm , he finds himself . The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon . We are never tired , BEAUTY . 11.
... the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street , and sees the sky and the woods , and is a man again . In their eternal calm , he finds himself . The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon . We are never tired , BEAUTY . 11.
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... never tired , so long as we can see far enough . But in other hours , Nature satisfies by its loveliness , and ... never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or ...
... never tired , so long as we can see far enough . But in other hours , Nature satisfies by its loveliness , and ... never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or ...
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... never sleeps , become sub- lime . Because of this radical correspondence between visible things and human thoughts , savages , who have only what is neces- sary , converse in figures . As we go back in history , language becomes more ...
... never sleeps , become sub- lime . Because of this radical correspondence between visible things and human thoughts , savages , who have only what is neces- sary , converse in figures . As we go back in history , language becomes more ...
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... never omitted . Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use . When a thing has served an end to the utter- most , it is wholly new for an ulterior service . In God , every end is converted into a new means . Thus the use of com ...
... never omitted . Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use . When a thing has served an end to the utter- most , it is wholly new for an ulterior service . In God , every end is converted into a new means . Thus the use of com ...
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