Essays, Volume 2G. Richards, 1901 - 354 pages |
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... effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days ...
... effect . The progress of the intellect is to the clearer vision of causes , which neglects surface differences . To the poet , to the philosopher , to the saint , all things are friendly and sacred , all events profitable , all days ...
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... the facts of life from the highest point of view . It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good . But prayer as a means to effect a private end is 44 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
... the facts of life from the highest point of view . It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul . It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good . But prayer as a means to effect a private end is 44 EMERSON'S ESSAYS.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson. prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness . As soon as the man is at one with God , he will not beg . He will then see prayer in ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness and theft . It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness . As soon as the man is at one with God , he will not beg . He will then see prayer in ...
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... Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the re- covery of your sick ...
... Effect , the chancellors of God . In the Will work and acquire , and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance , and shalt sit hereafter out of fear from her rotations . A political victory , a rise of rents , the re- covery of your sick ...
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... effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end pre - exists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be disparted ...
... effect , means and ends , seed and fruit , cannot be severed ; for the effect already blooms in the cause , the end pre - exists in the means , the fruit in the seed . Whilst thus the world will be whole , and refuses to be disparted ...
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