The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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... great to be confided to one man : that a divine man dwelt near me in a hollow tree . " And again , " All that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or Modern essayist , describes to each reader his own xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... great to be confided to one man : that a divine man dwelt near me in a hollow tree . " And again , " All that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or Modern essayist , describes to each reader his own xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
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... divine charity nourish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new com- binations by the wit of man , of the same natural benefactors . He no longer waits for favoring gales , but by means of steam , he realizes the fable of Æolus's ...
... divine charity nourish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new com- binations by the wit of man , of the same natural benefactors . He no longer waits for favoring gales , but by means of steam , he realizes the fable of Æolus's ...
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... divine beauty which can be loved without effeminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also de- cent , and ...
... divine beauty which can be loved without effeminacy , is that which is found in combination with the human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful . Every heroic act is also de- cent , and ...
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... divine dies . All good is eternally reproductive . The beauty of nature re - forms itself in the mind , and not for barren contemplation , but for new creation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men ...
... divine dies . All good is eternally reproductive . The beauty of nature re - forms itself in the mind , and not for barren contemplation , but for new creation . All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men ...
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... divine natures , without becoming , in some degree , himself divine . Like a new soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and lightsome ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so ...
... divine natures , without becoming , in some degree , himself divine . Like a new soul , they renew the body . We become physically nimble and lightsome ; we tread on air ; life is no longer irksome , and we think it will never be so ...
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