Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonWalter Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page xv
... whilst so related to the general European movement , the conditions of life in the New World differentiated it widely from European instances . The new tendency had not the same resistances to overcome ; for the weight of tradition was ...
... whilst so related to the general European movement , the conditions of life in the New World differentiated it widely from European instances . The new tendency had not the same resistances to overcome ; for the weight of tradition was ...
Page xvi
... their day , and at the problems which the day flung down before them ; the most strenuous and the most successful too . " Whilst there were some striving souls who sought the solitary place where there were no xvi INTRODUCTION .
... their day , and at the problems which the day flung down before them ; the most strenuous and the most successful too . " Whilst there were some striving souls who sought the solitary place where there were no xvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xvii
... whilst he was undoubtedly the dominating influence in this move- ment , was not , it must be understood , either its initiator or its indispensable support : it had an independent life and virtue of its own . Amidst the stir of these ...
... whilst he was undoubtedly the dominating influence in this move- ment , was not , it must be understood , either its initiator or its indispensable support : it had an independent life and virtue of its own . Amidst the stir of these ...
Page xviii
... whilst it allowed him the solitude which he coveted , it was near the town , and itself afforded opportunities for the limited social intercourse which even this lover of seclusion found desir- able . Clough , who had a fine eye for ...
... whilst it allowed him the solitude which he coveted , it was near the town , and itself afforded opportunities for the limited social intercourse which even this lover of seclusion found desir- able . Clough , who had a fine eye for ...
Page xxii
... whilst multiplying our points of sympathetic contact with the world , an attitude of conviction and faith , confers upon us an inestimable benefit . Emerson has done this . What , then , is Emerson's creed ? The difficulty xxii ...
... whilst multiplying our points of sympathetic contact with the world , an attitude of conviction and faith , confers upon us an inestimable benefit . Emerson has done this . What , then , is Emerson's creed ? The difficulty xxii ...
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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