Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiv
... faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an assertion of the inalienable worth of man ; theoretically it was an assertion of the immanence of divinity in instinct ...
... faith in human freedom . To sum it up in the words of its able historian , Mr. Frothingham , " practically it was an assertion of the inalienable worth of man ; theoretically it was an assertion of the immanence of divinity in instinct ...
Page xvi
... faith ; and lastly — not to make the list wearisome - there was Thoreau , that soothsayer of the woods , the rarest spirit of them all , a man who combined with a certain hardihood and perversity an observation so quick , a temperament ...
... faith ; and lastly — not to make the list wearisome - there was Thoreau , that soothsayer of the woods , the rarest spirit of them all , a man who combined with a certain hardihood and perversity an observation so quick , a temperament ...
Page xxii
... faith in the divine unity and purpose of things ; a faith which he does not attempt to substantiate by any ordered parade of logic and knowledge , but bases on internal experience and the deliverances of his own mind in presence of the ...
... faith in the divine unity and purpose of things ; a faith which he does not attempt to substantiate by any ordered parade of logic and knowledge , but bases on internal experience and the deliverances of his own mind in presence of the ...
Page xxv
... faith in individual sufficiency . His writings are , as we know , a perfect store- house of quotations for the modern advocate of " Personal Liberty . " But there is this to be said , that Emerson's breadth of view and flexibility ...
... faith in individual sufficiency . His writings are , as we know , a perfect store- house of quotations for the modern advocate of " Personal Liberty . " But there is this to be said , that Emerson's breadth of view and flexibility ...
Page xxviii
... faith in man , holding ( as his creed in the divine essence in man warrants ) that there is " an infinite worthiness in him which will appear at the call of worth . " Yet with this generous democratic tendency he amply provides against ...
... faith in man , holding ( as his creed in the divine essence in man warrants ) that there is " an infinite worthiness in him which will appear at the call of worth . " Yet with this generous democratic tendency he amply provides against ...
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action appear beauty behold believe Ben Jonson better Celt character church conversation divine doctrine Emerson England English Ernest Rhys eternal evil fact faith fear feel force genius give Goethe Greek Havelock Ellis hear heart heaven honour hour human idea individual inspiration instinct intellect justice labour live look man's manual labour Margaret Fuller means Milton mind moral nations nature never noble numbers opinion perfect persons Phidias philosophy Phocion Plato poet poetry political present race reform relations religion religious Richard of Devizes Saxon scholar secret seems sense sentiment Shakespeare society soul speak spirit stand sublime T. W. Rolleston talent thee things thou thought tion to-day true truth universe virtue WALTER SCOTT whilst whole wisdom wise wish words write