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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... whole . A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace . The poet , the painter , the sculptor , the musician , the archi- tect , seek each to concentrate this radiance of the world on one point , and each ...
... whole . A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace . The poet , the painter , the sculptor , the musician , the archi- tect , seek each to concentrate this radiance of the world on one point , and each ...
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... Whole It is easily seen that there is nothing lucky or capricious in these analogies , but that they are constant , and pervade na- ture . These are not the dreams of a few poets , here and there , but man is an analogist , and studies ...
... Whole It is easily seen that there is nothing lucky or capricious in these analogies , but that they are constant , and pervade na- ture . These are not the dreams of a few poets , here and there , but man is an analogist , and studies ...
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... whole is greater than its part " ; reac- tion is equal to action " ; " the smallest weight may be made to lift the greatest , the difference of weight being compensated by time " ; and many the like propositions , which have an ethical ...
... whole is greater than its part " ; reac- tion is equal to action " ; " the smallest weight may be made to lift the greatest , the difference of weight being compensated by time " ; and many the like propositions , which have an ethical ...
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... whole character and fortune of the individual are af- fected by the least inequalities in the culture of the under- standing ; for example , in the perception of differences . Therefore is Space , and therefore Time , that man may know ...
... whole character and fortune of the individual are af- fected by the least inequalities in the culture of the under- standing ; for example , in the perception of differences . Therefore is Space , and therefore Time , that man may know ...
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... whole , and partakes of the perfection of the whole . Each particle is a microcosm , and faithfully ren- ders the likeness of the world . Not only resemblances exist in things whose analogy is ob- vious , as when we detect the type of ...
... whole , and partakes of the perfection of the whole . Each particle is a microcosm , and faithfully ren- ders the likeness of the world . Not only resemblances exist in things whose analogy is ob- vious , as when we detect the type of ...
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