Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page x
... light , and stop only to note briefly what will help us to see Emerson in true perspective , related to his own time and to that ever interesting movement of which he was the chief figure , the Transcendental Movement of New England ...
... light , and stop only to note briefly what will help us to see Emerson in true perspective , related to his own time and to that ever interesting movement of which he was the chief figure , the Transcendental Movement of New England ...
Page xii
... light of the new learning - Plato and the Platonists , the mystics and Orientals , and even the Christian scriptures . These new currents of intellectual activity were reinforced by the potent influence of Carlyle , who , in such essays ...
... light of the new learning - Plato and the Platonists , the mystics and Orientals , and even the Christian scriptures . These new currents of intellectual activity were reinforced by the potent influence of Carlyle , who , in such essays ...
Page xviii
... light and of deity . ' Yet Concord was rich in historic memories , and had a genius loci of its own . Nor was it indeed without some graces and glories of scenery ; for had it not the haunted pine woods and crystal ponds of Walden ; its ...
... light and of deity . ' Yet Concord was rich in historic memories , and had a genius loci of its own . Nor was it indeed without some graces and glories of scenery ; for had it not the haunted pine woods and crystal ponds of Walden ; its ...
Page xxvi
... light to our sky . " But , not to multiply quotations , it must be clear that Emerson's doctrine of the Universal Reason immanent in Man necessarily led him , as it led the old Stoics , to the conception of human brotherhood and ...
... light to our sky . " But , not to multiply quotations , it must be clear that Emerson's doctrine of the Universal Reason immanent in Man necessarily led him , as it led the old Stoics , to the conception of human brotherhood and ...
Page xxx
... light without a shadow . " " Human labour , through all its forms , from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic , is one immense illustra- tion of the perfect compensation of the universe . The absolute ...
... light without a shadow . " " Human labour , through all its forms , from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic , is one immense illustra- tion of the perfect compensation of the universe . The absolute ...
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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