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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... senses , in its common and in its philosophical import . In inquiries so general as our present one , the inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to essences unchanged by ...
... senses , in its common and in its philosophical import . In inquiries so general as our present one , the inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to essences unchanged by ...
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... sense in the mind . We mean the in- tegrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cut- ter , from the tree of the poet . The charming landscape which I saw this ...
... sense in the mind . We mean the in- tegrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cut- ter , from the tree of the poet . The charming landscape which I saw this ...
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... sense , and a sort of infini- tude which it hath , like space and time , make all matter gay . Even the corpse has its own beauty . But besides this gen- eral grace diffused over nature , almost all the individual forms are agreeable to ...
... sense , and a sort of infini- tude which it hath , like space and time , make all matter gay . Even the corpse has its own beauty . But besides this gen- eral grace diffused over nature , almost all the individual forms are agreeable to ...
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... senses and the understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams . Not less excellent , except for our less susceptibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last evening , of a January sunset . The western ...
... senses and the understanding ; the night shall be my Germany of mystic philosophy and dreams . Not less excellent , except for our less susceptibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last evening , of a January sunset . The western ...
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... sense , is one expression for the uni- verse . God is the all - fair . Truth and goodness and beauty are but different faces of the same All . But beauty in nature is not ultimate . It is the herald of inward and internal beau- ty , and ...
... sense , is one expression for the uni- verse . God is the all - fair . Truth and goodness and beauty are but different faces of the same All . But beauty in nature is not ultimate . It is the herald of inward and internal beau- ty , and ...
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