Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all 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... The Teachers of Emerson - Page 105by John Smith Harrison - 1910 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1837 - 424 pages
...but inexplicable, as language, sleep, dreams, beasts, sex." — p. 7. " Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, — and uplifted into infinite space, — all egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball." — p. 13. " Whilst we use this grand cipher to... | |
| Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes), which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into...egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am no thing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my eyes) which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into...Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental. To be brothers,... | |
| 1848 - 596 pages
...me my eyes), which Nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blythe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism...universal Being circulate through me. I am part or particle of God." — P. 196. " The doctrine of the Divine nature being forgotten, a sickness infects... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball....all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts; that is, the poet. This is the best part of these... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into...Universal Being circulate through me* I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental : to be brothers,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 pages
...disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into...Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental : to be brothers,... | |
| 1850 - 424 pages
...position more exactly in the following precise and philosophical terms. " Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into...Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God." Mr. Emerson would apparently be glad to be considered an eclectic. He displays great... | |
| 1849 - 448 pages
...disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes,) which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into...Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or particle of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental. To be brothers,... | |
| 1854 - 594 pages
...perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not ho» he should tire of it in a thousand years. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign...accidental. To be brothers, to be acquaintances, master, or ítrvant, is then a trifle, and a disturbance. In the wilderness I find something more dear and connate... | |
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