 Standing on the bare ground — my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part...  Emerson: His Contribution to Literature - Page 64by David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1836 - 444 pages
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 | 1837 - 424 pages
...thought not only unexplained but inexplicable, as language, sleep, dreams, beasts, sex." — p. 7. " Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the...air, — and uplifted into infinite space, — all egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball." — p. 13. " Whilst we use this grand cipher to... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...can befall me in life — no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground — my head bathed by...egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am no thing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...nothing can befal me in life,—no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes) which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the...eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend... | |
 | 1848 - 596 pages
...me my eyes), which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blythe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism...eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the universal Being circulate through me. I am part or particle of God." — P. 196. " The doctrine... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts; that is, the poet.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 pages
...befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by...eye-ball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by...eye-ball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me* I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...can befal me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by...eyeball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend... | |
 | 1850 - 424 pages
...Mr. Emerson defines his own position more exactly in the following precise and philosophical terms. " Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by...eye-ball. I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God." Mr. Emerson would apparently... | |
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