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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... wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . " When we speak of nature in this manner , we have a dis- tinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the in- tegrity of impression made ...
... wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . " When we speak of nature in this manner , we have a dis- tinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the in- tegrity of impression made ...
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... , is converted in the mind into solid and sweet wisdom , - it is a sign to us that his office is closing , and he is commonly withdrawn from our sight in a short time . TH CHAPTER VI . IDEALISM . HUS is the unspeakable 26 DISCIPLINE .
... , is converted in the mind into solid and sweet wisdom , - it is a sign to us that his office is closing , and he is commonly withdrawn from our sight in a short time . TH CHAPTER VI . IDEALISM . HUS is the unspeakable 26 DISCIPLINE .
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... wisdom , or love , or beauty , or pow- er , but all in one , and each entirely , is that for which all things exist , and that by which they are ; that spirit creates ; that behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present ; one ...
... wisdom , or love , or beauty , or pow- er , but all in one , and each entirely , is that for which all things exist , and that by which they are ; that spirit creates ; that behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present ; one ...
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... wisdom ; and he that works most in it , is but a half - man , and whilst his arms are strong and his digestion good , his mind is imbruted , and he is a self- ish savage . His relation to nature , his power over it , is through the ...
... wisdom ; and he that works most in it , is but a half - man , and whilst his arms are strong and his digestion good , his mind is imbruted , and he is a self- ish savage . His relation to nature , his power over it , is through the ...
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... wisdom of children . These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of a power which exists not in time or space , but an instantaneous in - streaming causing power . The difference be- tween the actual ...
... wisdom of children . These are examples of Reason's momentary grasp of the sceptre ; the exertions of a power which exists not in time or space , but an instantaneous in - streaming causing power . The difference be- tween the actual ...
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