The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 12
... facts . enough to the purpose , and must decline its turn in the conversation . But they who speak have no more , have less . ' Tis not new facts that avail , but the heat to dissolve everybody's facts . Heat puts you in right relation ...
... facts . enough to the purpose , and must decline its turn in the conversation . But they who speak have no more , have less . ' Tis not new facts that avail , but the heat to dissolve everybody's facts . Heat puts you in right relation ...
Page 43
... fact is subordination of man . His art is the least part of his work of art . A great deduction is to be made before we can know his proper contribution to it . ' Music , Eloquence , Poetry , Painting , Sculp- ture , Architecture . This ...
... fact is subordination of man . His art is the least part of his work of art . A great deduction is to be made before we can know his proper contribution to it . ' Music , Eloquence , Poetry , Painting , Sculp- ture , Architecture . This ...
Page 47
... facts , I say that the power of Nature predominates over the human will in all works of even the fine arts , in all that respects their material and external circumstances . Na- ture paints the best part of the picture , carves the best ...
... facts , I say that the power of Nature predominates over the human will in all works of even the fine arts , in all that respects their material and external circumstances . Na- ture paints the best part of the picture , carves the best ...
Page 49
... fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely analogous to this , in the fine arts , is the manner of our intellectual ...
... fact that we do not dig , or grind , or hew , by our muscular strength , but by bringing the weight of the planet to bear on the spade , axe or bar . Precisely analogous to this , in the fine arts , is the manner of our intellectual ...
Page 66
... facts and of the under- standing are all silenced and awed . There is also something excellent in every audience , — the ca- pacity of virtue . They are ready to be beatified . They know so much more than the orator , — There is a ...
... facts and of the under- standing are all silenced and awed . There is also something excellent in every audience , — the ca- pacity of virtue . They are ready to be beatified . They know so much more than the orator , — There is a ...
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