The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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Page xxxiv
... knowledge of Nature of Henry Thoreau , who for some years was a member of his household . He sometimes met the shy and interesting Hawthorne , his neigh- bor , and soon Mr. Alcott came also to Con- cord . Of him he said , " The ideal ...
... knowledge of Nature of Henry Thoreau , who for some years was a member of his household . He sometimes met the shy and interesting Hawthorne , his neigh- bor , and soon Mr. Alcott came also to Con- cord . Of him he said , " The ideal ...
Page 26
... knowledge and ig- norance ; and heat for love . Visible distance behind and before us , is respectively our image of memory and hope . Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour } and is not reminded of the flux of all 26 NATURE.
... knowledge and ig- norance ; and heat for love . Visible distance behind and before us , is respectively our image of memory and hope . Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour } and is not reminded of the flux of all 26 NATURE.
Page 35
... which was unconscious truth , be- comes , when interpreted and defined in an ob- ject , a part of the domain of knowledge , — a new weapon in the magazine of power . V DISCIPLINE ' N view of the significance of nature LANGUAGE 35.
... which was unconscious truth , be- comes , when interpreted and defined in an ob- ject , a part of the domain of knowledge , — a new weapon in the magazine of power . V DISCIPLINE ' N view of the significance of nature LANGUAGE 35.
Page 39
... knowledge the privilege to Be ! His insight refines him . The beauty of nature shines in his own breast . Man is greater that he can see this , and the universe less , because Time and Space relations vanish as laws are known . Here ...
... knowledge the privilege to Be ! His insight refines him . The beauty of nature shines in his own breast . Man is greater that he can see this , and the universe less , because Time and Space relations vanish as laws are known . Here ...
Page 43
... Angelo maintained , that , to an architect , a knowledge of anatomy is essential . In Haydn's oratorios , the notes pre- sent to the imagination not only motions , as of the snake , the stag , and the elephant , DISCIPLINE 43.
... Angelo maintained , that , to an architect , a knowledge of anatomy is essential . In Haydn's oratorios , the notes pre- sent to the imagination not only motions , as of the snake , the stag , and the elephant , DISCIPLINE 43.
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