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By the mutual action of its structure and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of what character soever , into a well colored and shaded globe , so that where the particular objects ...
By the mutual action of its structure and of the laws of light , perspective is produced , which integrates every mass of objects , of what character soever , into a well colored and shaded globe , so that where the particular objects ...
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... there is nothing lucky or capricious in these analogies , but that they are constant , and pervade nature . These are not the dreams of a few poets , here and there , but man is an analogist , and studies relations in all objects .
... there is nothing lucky or capricious in these analogies , but that they are constant , and pervade nature . These are not the dreams of a few poets , here and there , but man is an analogist , and studies relations in all objects .
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Material objects , " said a French philosopher , " are necessarily kinds of scoria of the substantial thoughts of the Creator , which must always preserve an exact relation to their first origin ; in other words , visible nature must ...
Material objects , " said a French philosopher , " are necessarily kinds of scoria of the substantial thoughts of the Creator , which must always preserve an exact relation to their first origin ; in other words , visible nature must ...
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| Title | The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Editor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Contributor | Edward Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Feb 2007 |
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