The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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... intellect , is constrained to make an extraordinary excep- tion : " There are also angels who do not live consociated , but separate , house and house ; these dwell in the midst of heaven , because they are the best of angels . " We ...
... intellect , is constrained to make an extraordinary excep- tion : " There are also angels who do not live consociated , but separate , house and house ; these dwell in the midst of heaven , because they are the best of angels . " We ...
Page 43
... intellect is crippled in some degree by the stuff on which it works . The basis of poetry is language , which is material only on one side . It is a demi - god . But being applied primarily to the common necessities of man , it is not ...
... intellect is crippled in some degree by the stuff on which it works . The basis of poetry is language , which is material only on one side . It is a demi - god . But being applied primarily to the common necessities of man , it is not ...
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... intellect , will , sympathy , organs and , over all , good fortune in the cause . We have a half belief that the person is possible who can counterpoise all other persons . We believe that there may be a man who is a match for events ...
... intellect , will , sympathy , organs and , over all , good fortune in the cause . We have a half belief that the person is possible who can counterpoise all other persons . We believe that there may be a man who is a match for events ...
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... intellect is awake and reads the laws of the universe , the soul worships truth and love , honor and courtesy flow into all deeds . ' There was never a country in the world which could so easily exhibit this heroism as ours ; never any ...
... intellect is awake and reads the laws of the universe , the soul worships truth and love , honor and courtesy flow into all deeds . ' There was never a country in the world which could so easily exhibit this heroism as ours ; never any ...
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... intellect or with generosity of soul . In our experience , to be sure , beauty is not , as it ought to be , the dower of man and of woman as invariably as sensation . Beauty is , even in the beautiful , occasional , culminating and ...
... intellect or with generosity of soul . In our experience , to be sure , beauty is not , as it ought to be , the dower of man and of woman as invariably as sensation . Beauty is , even in the beautiful , occasional , culminating and ...
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