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 7
... wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , re- flected the 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 ...
... wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , re- flected the 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 ...
Page 18
... wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things ; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God , The moment our discourse ...
... wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things ; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it is a man in alliance with truth and God , The moment our discourse ...
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... wise man doubts , if , at all other times , he is not blind and deaf ; " Can these things be , And overcome us like a summer's cloud , Without our special wonder ? " for the universe becomes transparent , and the light of higher laws ...
... wise man doubts , if , at all other times , he is not blind and deaf ; " Can these things be , And overcome us like a summer's cloud , Without our special wonder ? " for the universe becomes transparent , and the light of higher laws ...
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... nor coal eaten . The wise man shows his wis- dom in separation , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits is as wide as nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but suppose every man is as every 22 DISCIPLINE .
... nor coal eaten . The wise man shows his wis- dom in separation , in gradation , and his scale of creatures and of merits is as wide as nature . The foolish have no range in their scale , but suppose every man is as every 22 DISCIPLINE .
Page 23
... wise and melodious words , and gives them wing as angels of persuasion and command . One after an- other , his victorious thought comes up with and reduces all things , until the world becomes , at last , only a realized will , - the ...
... wise and melodious words , and gives them wing as angels of persuasion and command . One after an- other , his victorious thought comes up with and reduces all things , until the world becomes , at last , only a realized will , - the ...
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