The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 90
... genius . This is good , say they , - let us hold by this . They pin me down . They look backward and not forward . But genius looks forward the eyes of man are set in his forehead , not in his hindhead : man hopes : gen- ius creates ...
... genius . This is good , say they , - let us hold by this . They pin me down . They look backward and not forward . But genius looks forward the eyes of man are set in his forehead , not in his hindhead : man hopes : gen- ius creates ...
Page 112
... genius of the ancients . There is one man of genius who has done much for this philosophy of life , whose literary value has never yet been rightly estimated ; - I mean Emanuel Swedenborg . The most im- aginative of men , yet writing ...
... genius of the ancients . There is one man of genius who has done much for this philosophy of life , whose literary value has never yet been rightly estimated ; - I mean Emanuel Swedenborg . The most im- aginative of men , yet writing ...
Page 164
... genius , which is a sort of Stoical plenum annulling the comparative , and he is content ; but concede him talents never so rare , denying him genius , and he is aggrieved . What does this mean ? Why simply that the soul has assurance ...
... genius , which is a sort of Stoical plenum annulling the comparative , and he is content ; but concede him talents never so rare , denying him genius , and he is aggrieved . What does this mean ? Why simply that the soul has assurance ...
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