 Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good.  The Teachers of Emerson - Page 277by John Smith Harrison - 1910 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity, anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any thing less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...Prayer that craves a particular commodity, — any thing less than all good, —is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity—anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer, as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism, and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity, anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism, and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any thing less than all good is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any thing less than all good is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...Prayer that craves a particular commodity, — any thing less than all good, — is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...Prayer that craves a particular commodity, — any thing less than all good, — is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. Ai soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...particular commodity, any thing less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of tlie facts of life from the highest point of view : it is the soliloquy of a beholding and a jubilant soul : it is the Spirit of God pronouncing his works good. But prayer, as a means to effect... | |
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