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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... present one , the inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to essences unchanged by man ; space , the air , the river , the leaf . Art is applied to the mixture of his will ...
... present one , the inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to essences unchanged by man ; space , the air , the river , the leaf . Art is applied to the mixture of his will ...
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... present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their in- fluence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wisest man extort her secret , and lose his ...
... present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their in- fluence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wisest man extort her secret , and lose his ...
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... present action of the mind . It is proper creation . It is the working of the Original Cause through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country life possesses for a powerful mind , over ...
... present action of the mind . It is proper creation . It is the working of the Original Cause through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country life possesses for a powerful mind , over ...
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... present to the imagina- tion not only motions , as , of the snake , the stag , and the elephant , but colors also ; as the green grass . The law of harmonic sounds reappears in the harmonic colors . The granite is differenced in its ...
... present to the imagina- tion not only motions , as , of the snake , the stag , and the elephant , but colors also ; as the green grass . The law of harmonic sounds reappears in the harmonic colors . The granite is differenced in its ...
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... present design . They both put nature under foot . The first and last lesson of religion is , " The things that are seen , are temporal ; the things that are unseen , are eternal . " It puts an affront upon nature . It does that for the ...
... present design . They both put nature under foot . The first and last lesson of religion is , " The things that are seen , are temporal ; the things that are unseen , are eternal . " It puts an affront upon nature . It does that for the ...
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