The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... senses , in its common and in its philosophical import . In inquiries so general as our present one , the inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to essences unchanged by ...
... senses , in its common and in its philosophical import . In inquiries so general as our present one , the inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to essences unchanged by ...
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... sense in the mind . We mean the in- tegrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cut- ter , from the tree of the poet . The charming landscape which I saw this ...
... sense in the mind . We mean the in- tegrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cut- ter , from the tree of the poet . The charming landscape which I saw this ...
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... senses are still truly adjusted to each other ; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood . His intercourse with heaven and earth , becomes part of his daily food . In the pres- ence of nature , a wild delight ...
... senses are still truly adjusted to each other ; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood . His intercourse with heaven and earth , becomes part of his daily food . In the pres- ence of nature , a wild delight ...
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... senses owe to nature . This , of course , is a benefit which is temporary and mediate , not ultimate , like its service to the soul . Yet although low , it is perfect in its kind , and is the only use of nature which all men apprehend ...
... senses owe to nature . This , of course , is a benefit which is temporary and mediate , not ultimate , like its service to the soul . Yet although low , it is perfect in its kind , and is the only use of nature which all men apprehend ...
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... sense , and a sort of infini- tude which it hath , like space and time , make all matter gay . Even the corpse has its own beauty . But besides this gen- eral grace diffused over nature , almost all the individual forms are agreeable to ...
... sense , and a sort of infini- tude which it hath , like space and time , make all matter gay . Even the corpse has its own beauty . But besides this gen- eral grace diffused over nature , almost all the individual forms are agreeable to ...
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