Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page viii
... spirit as his work was , it had besides the rare and eminent qualities which gave it rank with the classics of Europe . It is indeed no exaggeration to say that Emerson became a classic during his lifetime , in the Old as well as the ...
... spirit as his work was , it had besides the rare and eminent qualities which gave it rank with the classics of Europe . It is indeed no exaggeration to say that Emerson became a classic during his lifetime , in the Old as well as the ...
Page xvi
... spirit of them all , a man who combined with a certain hardihood and perversity an observation so quick , a temperament so fine , and a wit so pungent , as to entitle him to almost equal rank with Emerson himself . These men and women ...
... spirit of them all , a man who combined with a certain hardihood and perversity an observation so quick , a temperament so fine , and a wit so pungent , as to entitle him to almost equal rank with Emerson himself . These men and women ...
Page xx
... spirit in which it is held ; how , as Mr. Pater happily says in regard to Sir Thomas Browne , " fallacy , like truth itself , is a matter so dependent on innate gift of apprehension , so præterlogical and personal ; the original ...
... spirit in which it is held ; how , as Mr. Pater happily says in regard to Sir Thomas Browne , " fallacy , like truth itself , is a matter so dependent on innate gift of apprehension , so præterlogical and personal ; the original ...
Page xxiii
... spirit . This fundamental notion is the basis of Emerson's philosophy of Nature and History . Both Nature and Man are comprehensible to the individual because the same Mind speaks to him through both . From each soul , as from a centre ...
... spirit . This fundamental notion is the basis of Emerson's philosophy of Nature and History . Both Nature and Man are comprehensible to the individual because the same Mind speaks to him through both . From each soul , as from a centre ...
Page xxvii
... spirit , and the realisation of the ideal life . Man is every- where thwarted by these impediments . " The young man , on entering life , finds the way to lucrative employments blocked with abuses . The ways of trade are grown selfish ...
... spirit , and the realisation of the ideal life . Man is every- where thwarted by these impediments . " The young man , on entering life , finds the way to lucrative employments blocked with abuses . The ways of trade are grown selfish ...
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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