Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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... universe , should be fully alive . It was a man's tone ( if we may use a word which has now an unfortunate sug- gestion of cant ) that he cared most about . " It was a maxim with him , " says Mr. Cabot , " that power is not so much ...
... universe , should be fully alive . It was a man's tone ( if we may use a word which has now an unfortunate sug- gestion of cant ) that he cared most about . " It was a maxim with him , " says Mr. Cabot , " that power is not so much ...
Page xxiii
... universe is a vast unity , alive with deity or soul - that is to say , pervaded by a divine energy or Universal Mind , which expresses itself and is interpreted to man through Nature , and by its workings in himself . Nature is a living ...
... universe is a vast unity , alive with deity or soul - that is to say , pervaded by a divine energy or Universal Mind , which expresses itself and is interpreted to man through Nature , and by its workings in himself . Nature is a living ...
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... universe contrives to throw itself into every point . " As the motion of an atom is felt throughout the whole frame of things , so the effect of any act is universal in its consequence . Hence the law of compensation , the divine ...
... universe contrives to throw itself into every point . " As the motion of an atom is felt throughout the whole frame of things , so the effect of any act is universal in its consequence . Hence the law of compensation , the divine ...
Page xxx
... universe . The absolute balance of Give and Take , the doctrine that every- thing has its price - and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impos- sible to get anything without its ...
... universe . The absolute balance of Give and Take , the doctrine that every- thing has its price - and if that price is not paid , not that thing but something else is obtained , and that it is impos- sible to get anything without its ...
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... universe than these men of to - day in the Western World , with all its gross materialism and feverish , restless life . But if nature is divinely infinite , so to them is man also , and thus they are not overwhelmed by the sense of ...
... universe than these men of to - day in the Western World , with all its gross materialism and feverish , restless life . But if nature is divinely infinite , so to them is man also , and thus they are not overwhelmed by the sense of ...
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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