The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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... manner , nature is already , in its forms and tendencies , describing its own design . Let us interrogate the great apparition that shines so peacefully around us . Let us inquire , to what end is nature ? All science has one aim ...
... manner , nature is already , in its forms and tendencies , describing its own design . Let us interrogate the great apparition that shines so peacefully around us . Let us inquire , to what end is nature ? All science has one aim ...
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... manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression . made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cutter from the tree of the poet ...
... manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression . made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cutter from the tree of the poet ...
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... manner . 1. First , the simple perception of natural forms is a delight . The influence of the forms and actions in nature is so needful to man , that , in its lowest functions , it seems to lie on the confines of commodity and beauty ...
... manner . 1. First , the simple perception of natural forms is a delight . The influence of the forms and actions in nature is so needful to man , that , in its lowest functions , it seems to lie on the confines of commodity and beauty ...
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... manner . The seed of a plant , -to what affecting analogies in the nature of man is that little fruit made use of , in all discourse , up to the voice of Paul , who calls the human corpse a seed , — “ It is sown a natural body ; it is ...
... manner . The seed of a plant , -to what affecting analogies in the nature of man is that little fruit made use of , in all discourse , up to the voice of Paul , who calls the human corpse a seed , — “ It is sown a natural body ; it is ...
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... manner , the memorable words of his- tory and the proverbs of nations consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in ...
... manner , the memorable words of his- tory and the proverbs of nations consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in ...
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