Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiii
... rasa of the mind ; Kant , on the other hand , set out from man , or from mind in man , as the better known , and endeavoured to explain phenomena in terms of their relationship to mind . He showed that the world INTRODUCTION . xiii.
... rasa of the mind ; Kant , on the other hand , set out from man , or from mind in man , as the better known , and endeavoured to explain phenomena in terms of their relationship to mind . He showed that the world INTRODUCTION . xiii.
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... hand , has certain great convictions which give stability and concentration to life . He will admit many things with the dilettantist . He will recognise the multiplicity and conflicting nature of human creeds , and acknowledge that ...
... hand , has certain great convictions which give stability and concentration to life . He will admit many things with the dilettantist . He will recognise the multiplicity and conflicting nature of human creeds , and acknowledge that ...
Page xxix
... hand , our acts are true to con- science , we shall be serving universal ends ; they will bring good to others , and that peace and joy to ourselves which is the recompense of the moral life . That good for me , in this sense of ...
... hand , our acts are true to con- science , we shall be serving universal ends ; they will bring good to others , and that peace and joy to ourselves which is the recompense of the moral life . That good for me , in this sense of ...
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... hand , with equal heat , continued the work ; and so by relays , until it was finished in every part with equal fire . This was necessary in so refractory a material as stone ; and he thought art would never prosper until we left our ...
... hand , with equal heat , continued the work ; and so by relays , until it was finished in every part with equal fire . This was necessary in so refractory a material as stone ; and he thought art would never prosper until we left our ...
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... hand and touched it , and exclaimed , " By Heaven ! this picture is not ten years old : " _ -so delicate and skilful was that man's touch . ' I was in his company for about an hour , but find it impossible to recall the largest part of ...
... hand and touched it , and exclaimed , " By Heaven ! this picture is not ten years old : " _ -so delicate and skilful was that man's touch . ' I was in his company for about an hour , but find it impossible to recall the largest part of ...
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