I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul. Emerson: And Other Essays - Page 9by John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
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...to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value, is, the active soul, — the soul, free, sovereign, active. This every man is entitled to; this every man contains within... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul,—the soul, free, sovereign, active. This, every man is entitled to ; this every man contains...soul active, sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the... | |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
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| 1849 - 448 pages
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
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| 1898 - 416 pages
...to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active...soul active sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates. In this action it is genius; not the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the sound... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one 8 thing in the world, of value, is the active soul....soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, aud made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active...within him, although, in almost all men, obstructed, aud as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. . . The book,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active...soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the... | |
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