Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xiii
... inspiration . The religion , of course , was to match ; a religion of decorum , Sabbath proprieties , and cold calculation . A reaction against this spiritless , pru- dential creed was as natural in New England as it was in Europe . The ...
... inspiration . The religion , of course , was to match ; a religion of decorum , Sabbath proprieties , and cold calculation . A reaction against this spiritless , pru- dential creed was as natural in New England as it was in Europe . The ...
Page xxi
... inspire , and are to be valued according to the mood which they induce in us . This is the key , of course , to his own works , which , as it has been said again and again , are pre - eminent for their inspiring effect . He held that ...
... inspire , and are to be valued according to the mood which they induce in us . This is the key , of course , to his own works , which , as it has been said again and again , are pre - eminent for their inspiring effect . He held that ...
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... inspired the wish to see the faces of three or four writers — Coleridge , Wordsworth , Landor , De Quincey , and the latest and strongest contributor to the critical journals , Carlyle ; and I suppose if I had sifted the reasons that ...
... inspired the wish to see the faces of three or four writers — Coleridge , Wordsworth , Landor , De Quincey , and the latest and strongest contributor to the critical journals , Carlyle ; and I suppose if I had sifted the reasons that ...
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... inspired the crusades , inspired resistance to tyrants , inspired self - respect , set bounds to serfdom and slavery , founded liberty , created the religious architecture - York , Newstead , Westminster , Fountains Abbey , Ripon ...
... inspired the crusades , inspired resistance to tyrants , inspired self - respect , set bounds to serfdom and slavery , founded liberty , created the religious architecture - York , Newstead , Westminster , Fountains Abbey , Ripon ...
Page 31
... , which had appeared among the soldiers , and once among the officers . " They value a philo- sopher as they value an apothecary who brings bark or a drench ; and inspiration is only some blowpipe , or a finer 444 RELIGION . 31.
... , which had appeared among the soldiers , and once among the officers . " They value a philo- sopher as they value an apothecary who brings bark or a drench ; and inspiration is only some blowpipe , or a finer 444 RELIGION . 31.
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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