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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... soul to satisfy the desire of beauty . This element I call an ultimate end . No reason can be asked or given why the soul seeks beauty . Beauty , in its largest and profoundest sense , is one expression for the uni- verse . God is the ...
... soul to satisfy the desire of beauty . This element I call an ultimate end . No reason can be asked or given why the soul seeks beauty . Beauty , in its largest and profoundest sense , is one expression for the uni- verse . God is the ...
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... soul within or behind his individual life , wherein , as in a firmament , the natures of Justice , Truth , Love , Freedom , arise and shine . This universal soul , he calls Reason : it is not mine or thine , or his , but we are its ; we ...
... soul within or behind his individual life , wherein , as in a firmament , the natures of Justice , Truth , Love , Freedom , arise and shine . This universal soul , he calls Reason : it is not mine or thine , or his , but we are its ; we ...
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... soul . 3. Whilst thus the poet animates nature with his own thoughts , he differs from the philosopher only herein , that the one proposes Beauty as his main end ; the other Truth . But the philosopher , not less than the poet ...
... soul . 3. Whilst thus the poet animates nature with his own thoughts , he differs from the philosopher only herein , that the one proposes Beauty as his main end ; the other Truth . But the philosopher , not less than the poet ...
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... soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and lightsome ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so . No man fears age or misfortune or death , in their serene company , for he is ...
... soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and lightsome ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so . No man fears age or misfortune or death , in their serene company , for he is ...
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... soul . Therefore the soul holds itself off from a too trivial and microscopic study of the universal tablet . It respects the end too much , to immerse itself in the means . It sees something more important in Christianity than the ...
... soul . Therefore the soul holds itself off from a too trivial and microscopic study of the universal tablet . It respects the end too much , to immerse itself in the means . It sees something more important in Christianity than the ...
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