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 11
... seems partly owing to the eye itself . eye is the best of artists . By the mutual action of its struc- ture and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of what character soever , into a ...
... seems partly owing to the eye itself . eye is the best of artists . By the mutual action of its struc- ture and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of what character soever , into a ...
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... seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretcheth out her arms to em ... seem to succeed each other , and the exclusive activity of the one generates the exclusive activity of the other ...
... seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretcheth out her arms to em ... seem to succeed each other , and the exclusive activity of the one generates the exclusive activity of the other ...
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... seems to be a necessity in spirit to manifest itself in material forms ; and day and night , river and storm , beast and bird , acid and alkali , pre - exist in necessary Ideas in the mind of God , and are what 66 are they are by virtue ...
... seems to be a necessity in spirit to manifest itself in material forms ; and day and night , river and storm , beast and bird , acid and alkali , pre - exist in necessary Ideas in the mind of God , and are what 66 are they are by virtue ...
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... seems to fill the eye , and to be re- lated to all nature . " The wise man , in doing one thing , does all ; or , in the one thing he does rightly , he sees the likeness of all which is done rightly . " -- Words and actions are not the ...
... seems to fill the eye , and to be re- lated to all nature . " The wise man , in doing one thing , does all ; or , in the one thing he does rightly , he sees the likeness of all which is done rightly . " -- Words and actions are not the ...
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... seems faintly possible , it is so refined , is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities . Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight , and , by the very knowledge of functions and ...
... seems faintly possible , it is so refined , is often faint and dim because it is deepest seated in the mind among the eternal verities . Empirical science is apt to cloud the sight , and , by the very knowledge of functions and ...
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