The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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Page 47
... trade . In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses , to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects , what difference does it make , whether Orion is up there in heaven ...
... trade . In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses , to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects , what difference does it make , whether Orion is up there in heaven ...
Page 73
... trade ; the miracles of enthusiasm , as those reported of Swedenborg , Hohenlohe , ' and the Shakers ; many obscure and yet con- tested facts , now arranged under the name of Animal Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self- healing ; and ...
... trade ; the miracles of enthusiasm , as those reported of Swedenborg , Hohenlohe , ' and the Shakers ; many obscure and yet con- tested facts , now arranged under the name of Animal Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self- healing ; and ...
Page 76
... trade ; a hundred acres of ploughed land ; or a scholar's garret . Yet line for line and point for point your do- minion is as great as theirs , though without fine names Build therefore your own world . Ast fast as you conform your ...
... trade ; a hundred acres of ploughed land ; or a scholar's garret . Yet line for line and point for point your do- minion is as great as theirs , though without fine names Build therefore your own world . Ast fast as you conform your ...
Page 98
... trades and manufac- tures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in science ; in art ; to the one end of mastering in all their facts a language by which to illustrate and embody our perceptions . I learn immediately from any ...
... trades and manufac- tures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in science ; in art ; to the one end of mastering in all their facts a language by which to illustrate and embody our perceptions . I learn immediately from any ...
Page 102
... trade , or war , or man , is cried up by half mankind and cried down by the other half , as if all depended on this particular up or down . The odds are that the whole question is not worth the poorest thought which the scholar has lost ...
... trade , or war , or man , is cried up by half mankind and cried down by the other half , as if all depended on this particular up or down . The odds are that the whole question is not worth the poorest thought which the scholar has lost ...
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