Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xviii
... Truth , and Beauty , and encourage them to remain faithful to its high demands . Emerson seems to have selected Concord for his home both because of its family associations , and because , whilst it allowed him the solitude which he ...
... Truth , and Beauty , and encourage them to remain faithful to its high demands . Emerson seems to have selected Concord for his home both because of its family associations , and because , whilst it allowed him the solitude which he ...
Page xix
... truth ; the head - quarters of the forces of Transcendentalism , which , mainly through the genius of this man , became a movement that has left a noble and indelible mark upon the life of growing America , and constitutes an attractive ...
... truth ; the head - quarters of the forces of Transcendentalism , which , mainly through the genius of this man , became a movement that has left a noble and indelible mark upon the life of growing America , and constitutes an attractive ...
Page xx
... truth , he does not believe in systems . The thing of first importance to him is , not that a man should have logical and well - arranged thoughts , but that he should have a right mental attitude , should preserve an original relation ...
... truth , he does not believe in systems . The thing of first importance to him is , not that a man should have logical and well - arranged thoughts , but that he should have a right mental attitude , should preserve an original relation ...
Page xxi
... truth . The baffled reader of Emerson will perhaps see in it an explanation of his detached and seemingly inconsequent style . Emerson , no doubt , obeyed his moods always ; he allowed his mind uncurbed liberty , and obediently watched ...
... truth . The baffled reader of Emerson will perhaps see in it an explanation of his detached and seemingly inconsequent style . Emerson , no doubt , obeyed his moods always ; he allowed his mind uncurbed liberty , and obediently watched ...
Page xxvii
... truth and good , imitating that great Nature which embosoms us all , and which sleeps no moment on an old past . " 66 " ' All particular reforms are the removing of some impediment " —that is , some impediment to the free activity of ...
... truth and good , imitating that great Nature which embosoms us all , and which sleeps no moment on an old past . " 66 " ' All particular reforms are the removing of some impediment " —that is , some impediment to the free activity of ...
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