The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1James R. Osgood and Company, 1876 |
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... virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twilight , under a clouded sky , without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune , I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration . I am glad to the brink of fear . In ...
... virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twilight , under a clouded sky , without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune , I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration . I am glad to the brink of fear . In ...
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... virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also decent , and causes the place and the bystanders to shine . We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it . Every rational ...
... virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also decent , and causes the place and the bystanders to shine . We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it . Every rational ...
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... virtue sitting by his side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretcheth out her arms to em- brace man , only ...
... virtue sitting by his side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretcheth out her arms to em- brace man , only ...
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... in material forms ; and day and night , river and storm , beast and bird , acid and alkali , pre - exist in necessary Ideas in the mind of God , and are what they are by virtue of preceding affections , in the 20 LANGUAGE .
... in material forms ; and day and night , river and storm , beast and bird , acid and alkali , pre - exist in necessary Ideas in the mind of God , and are what they are by virtue of preceding affections , in the 20 LANGUAGE .
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... virtue , will purge the eyes to understand her text . By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the permanent objects of nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life ...
... virtue , will purge the eyes to understand her text . By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the permanent objects of nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life ...
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