The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 7
... beauty are rarely beautiful in coaches and saloons . Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself . Yet each of these potentates saw well the reason of his exclusion . Solitary was he ? Why , yes ; but his society was limited ...
... beauty are rarely beautiful in coaches and saloons . Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself . Yet each of these potentates saw well the reason of his exclusion . Solitary was he ? Why , yes ; but his society was limited ...
Page 21
... beauty and delight . ' Tis wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log hut on the frontier . You would think they found it under a pine stump . With it comes a Latin grammar , and one of those tow - head boys has written a hymn on Sunday ...
... beauty and delight . ' Tis wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log hut on the frontier . You would think they found it under a pine stump . With it comes a Latin grammar , and one of those tow - head boys has written a hymn on Sunday ...
Page 35
Ralph Waldo Emerson. III ART I FRAMED his tongue to music , I armed his hand with skill , moulded his face to beauty And his heart the throne of Wil 1 AL ART LL departments of life at the present day ART.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. III ART I FRAMED his tongue to music , I armed his hand with skill , moulded his face to beauty And his heart the throne of Wil 1 AL ART LL departments of life at the present day ART.
Page 39
... beauty , and hence Art divides itself into the Useful and the Fine Arts . The useful arts comprehend not only those that lie next to instinct , as agriculture , building , weaving , etc. , but also navigation , practical chem- istry and ...
... beauty , and hence Art divides itself into the Useful and the Fine Arts . The useful arts comprehend not only those that lie next to instinct , as agriculture , building , weaving , etc. , but also navigation , practical chem- istry and ...
Page 42
... or the axe we wield . In short , in all our operations we seek not to use our own , but to bring a quite infinite force to bear . Let us now consider this law as it affects the works that have beauty for their end , that is 42 ART.
... or the axe we wield . In short , in all our operations we seek not to use our own , but to bring a quite infinite force to bear . Let us now consider this law as it affects the works that have beauty for their end , that is 42 ART.
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