The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 37
... truth through thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience ...
... truth through thought and instinct , the human mind on the other side tends , by an equal necessity , to the publication and embodi- ment of its thought , modified and dwarfed by the impurity and untruth which in all our ex- perience ...
Page 51
... truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice , so do the masterpieces of art . The galleries of ancient sculpture in Naples and Rome strike no deeper conviction ...
... truth , the great works are always attuned to moral nature . If the earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice , so do the masterpieces of art . The galleries of ancient sculpture in Naples and Rome strike no deeper conviction ...
Page 57
... truth and goodness are not obso- lete ; they spring eternal in the breast of man ; they are as indigenous in Massachusetts as in Tuscany or the Isles of Greece . And that Eter- nal Spirit whose triple face they are , moulds from them ...
... truth and goodness are not obso- lete ; they spring eternal in the breast of man ; they are as indigenous in Massachusetts as in Tuscany or the Isles of Greece . And that Eter- nal Spirit whose triple face they are , moulds from them ...
Page 85
... truth is . And in the examina- tion of witnesses there usually leap out , quite unexpectedly , three or four stubborn words or phrases which are the pith and fate of the busi- ness , which sink into the ear of all parties , and 1 stick ...
... truth is . And in the examina- tion of witnesses there usually leap out , quite unexpectedly , three or four stubborn words or phrases which are the pith and fate of the busi- ness , which sink into the ear of all parties , and 1 stick ...
Page 86
... truth stares us in the face through all the disguises that are put upon it , -a piece of the well - known human life , - that makes the interest of a court- room to the intelligent spectator . ― ―― I remember long ago being attracted ...
... truth stares us in the face through all the disguises that are put upon it , -a piece of the well - known human life , - that makes the interest of a court- room to the intelligent spectator . ― ―― I remember long ago being attracted ...
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