The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1 |
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Page 63
It leaves God out of me . It leaves me in the splendid labyrinth of my perceptions , to wander without end . Then the heart resists it , because it balks the affections in denying substantive being to men and women .
It leaves God out of me . It leaves me in the splendid labyrinth of my perceptions , to wander without end . Then the heart resists it , because it balks the affections in denying substantive being to men and women .
Page 259
The Times are the masquerade of the Eternities ; trivial to the dull , tokens of noble and majestic agents to the wise ; the receptacle in which the Past leaves its history ; the quarry out of which the genius of to - day is building up ...
The Times are the masquerade of the Eternities ; trivial to the dull , tokens of noble and majestic agents to the wise ; the receptacle in which the Past leaves its history ; the quarry out of which the genius of to - day is building up ...
Page 454
Hear their stories of their exodus from the old country , and their landing in the new , and their fortunes appear as little under their own control as the leaves of the forest around them . As soon as the ship that brought them is ...
Hear their stories of their exodus from the old country , and their landing in the new , and their fortunes appear as little under their own control as the leaves of the forest around them . As soon as the ship that brought them is ...
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