The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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Page vii
... the works at the desire of the publishers , sharing their feeling that to the student of Emerson side - lights on the man , his surroundings , his work , and method might be welcome , gathered from the journals , the PREFACE vii.
... the works at the desire of the publishers , sharing their feeling that to the student of Emerson side - lights on the man , his surroundings , his work , and method might be welcome , gathered from the journals , the PREFACE vii.
Page xii
... Light - loving , asking , life in me Feeds those eternal lamps I see . His spiritual autobiography might be given almost in its completeness in impersonal extracts , duly ordered , from his prose and verse . There , as he said of ...
... Light - loving , asking , life in me Feeds those eternal lamps I see . His spiritual autobiography might be given almost in its completeness in impersonal extracts , duly ordered , from his prose and verse . There , as he said of ...
Page xxxvi
... into touch with the people , and this he knew and valued . He was everywhere a learner , expecting light from the youngest and least educated companion . From the first he never " came down to his xxxvi BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... into touch with the people , and this he knew and valued . He was everywhere a learner , expecting light from the youngest and least educated companion . From the first he never " came down to his xxxvi BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
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... light the universe with their ad- monishing smile . The stars awaken a certain reverence , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their ...
... light the universe with their ad- monishing smile . The stars awaken a certain reverence , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their ...
Page 9
... light ; for every hour and change corresponds to and authorizes a different state of the mind , from breathless noon to grimmest midnight . Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece.3 In good health , the ...
... light ; for every hour and change corresponds to and authorizes a different state of the mind , from breathless noon to grimmest midnight . Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece.3 In good health , the ...
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