The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... fact in the history of language , —is our least debt to nature . It is not words only that are emblematic ; it is things which are emblematic . Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact . Every ap- pearance in nature ...
... fact in the history of language , —is our least debt to nature . It is not words only that are emblematic ; it is things which are emblematic . Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact . Every ap- pearance in nature ...
Page 75
... fact and conform it , as we say , to the higher law of the mind . But when the fact is seen under the light of an idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true ...
... fact and conform it , as we say , to the higher law of the mind . But when the fact is seen under the light of an idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true ...
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... fact : by no means ; but he will not see that alone . He does not deny the presence of this table , this chair , and the walls of this room , but he looks at these things as the reverse side of the tapestry , as the other end , each ...
... fact : by no means ; but he will not see that alone . He does not deny the presence of this table , this chair , and the walls of this room , but he looks at these things as the reverse side of the tapestry , as the other end , each ...
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