The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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Page xxxiv
... the gods below ; then will I entertain my guests heartily and handsomely . Besides , is it for thee to choose what shadows shall pass over thy magical mirror ? " Of one he made this humorous parable : " As xxxiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... the gods below ; then will I entertain my guests heartily and handsomely . Besides , is it for thee to choose what shadows shall pass over thy magical mirror ? " Of one he made this humorous parable : " As xxxiv BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Page xxxv
... ( but not too closely , for it was im- portant that the spark should pass in the mind 1 Emerson's Letters to a Friend . Houghton , Mifflin & Co. of the hearer ) , the roughnesses smoothed , and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XXXV.
... ( but not too closely , for it was im- portant that the spark should pass in the mind 1 Emerson's Letters to a Friend . Houghton , Mifflin & Co. of the hearer ) , the roughnesses smoothed , and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH XXXV.
Page 27
... the centre of beings , and a ray of relation passes from every other being to him . And neither can man be under- stood without these objects , nor these objects without man . All the facts in natural history taken LANGUAGE 27.
... the centre of beings , and a ray of relation passes from every other being to him . And neither can man be under- stood without these objects , nor these objects without man . All the facts in natural history taken LANGUAGE 27.
Page 31
... these solemn images shall reappear in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a - noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines LANGUAGE 31.
... these solemn images shall reappear in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a - noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines LANGUAGE 31.
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... Passing by many particulars of the discipline of nature , we must not omit to specify two . The exercise of the Will , or the lesson of power , is taught in every event . From the child's successive possession of his several senses up ...
... Passing by many particulars of the discipline of nature , we must not omit to specify two . The exercise of the Will , or the lesson of power , is taught in every event . From the child's successive possession of his several senses up ...
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