The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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Page xi
... heaven shall glow with a kindlier beam , that I have lived . I am primarily engaged to my- self to be a public servant of all the gods , to de- monstrate to all men that there is intelligence and good will at the heart of things , and ...
... heaven shall glow with a kindlier beam , that I have lived . I am primarily engaged to my- self to be a public servant of all the gods , to de- monstrate to all men that there is intelligence and good will at the heart of things , and ...
Page 9
... heaven and earth becomes part of his daily food . In the presence of nature a wild delight runs through the man , in spite of real sorrows . Nature says , — he is my creature , and maugre all his impertinent griefs , he shall be glad ...
... heaven and earth becomes part of his daily food . In the presence of nature a wild delight runs through the man , in spite of real sorrows . Nature says , — he is my creature , and maugre all his impertinent griefs , he shall be glad ...
Page 12
... heavens . What angels invented these splendid orna- ments , these rich conveniences , this ocean of air above , this ocean of water beneath , this firma- ment of earth between ? this zodiac of lights , this tent of dropping clouds ...
... heavens . What angels invented these splendid orna- ments , these rich conveniences , this ocean of air above , this ocean of water beneath , this firma- ment of earth between ? this zodiac of lights , this tent of dropping clouds ...
Page 18
... heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The state of the crop in the surrounding farms alters the expression of the earth from week to week . The succession of native plants in the pastures ...
... heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The state of the crop in the surrounding farms alters the expression of the earth from week to week . The succession of native plants in the pastures ...
Page 20
... heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hundred mar- tyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep defile of ...
... heaven . When a noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hundred mar- tyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep defile of ...
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