The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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Page 7
... mean appearance . Neither does the wisest man extort her secret , and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection . Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , re- flected the wisdom ...
... mean appearance . Neither does the wisest man extort her secret , and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection . Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit . The flowers , the animals , the mountains , re- flected the wisdom ...
Page 8
... 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 or particle of God . The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and ...
... 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 or particle of God . The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and ...
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... means of steam , he realizes the fable of Æolus's bag , and carries the two - and - thirty winds in the boiler of his boat . To diminish friction , he paves the road with iron bars , and , mounting a coach with a ship - load of men ...
... means of steam , he realizes the fable of Æolus's bag , and carries the two - and - thirty winds in the boiler of his boat . To diminish friction , he paves the road with iron bars , and , mounting a coach with a ship - load of men ...
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... mean and unaffecting , the landscape which they compose is round and symmetrical . And as the eye is the best composer , so light is the first of painters . There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful . And the ...
... mean and unaffecting , the landscape which they compose is round and symmetrical . And as the eye is the best composer , so light is the first of painters . There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful . And the ...
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... means straight ; wrong means twisted . Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression , the crossing of a line ; supercilious , the raising of the eyebrow . We say the heart to express emotion , the head to denote thought ; and thought and ...
... means straight ; wrong means twisted . Spirit primarily means wind ; transgression , the crossing of a line ; supercilious , the raising of the eyebrow . We say the heart to express emotion , the head to denote thought ; and thought and ...
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