The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 33
... sense . These propositions have a much more extensive and universal sense when applied to human life , than when confined to technical use . In like manner , the memorable words of his- tory and the proverbs of nations consist usually ...
... sense . These propositions have a much more extensive and universal sense when applied to human life , than when confined to technical use . In like manner , the memorable words of his- tory and the proverbs of nations consist usually ...
Page 182
... sense of the crowd , on the other . From one , he must draw his strength ; to the other , he must owe his aim . The one yokes him to the real ; the other , to the appar- ent . At one pole is Reason ; at the other , Com- mon Sense . If ...
... sense of the crowd , on the other . From one , he must draw his strength ; to the other , he must owe his aim . The one yokes him to the real ; the other , to the appar- ent . At one pole is Reason ; at the other , Com- mon Sense . If ...
Page 330
... sense , admits their coherency , their use and beauty , and then asks the materialist for his grounds of assurance that things are as his senses represent them . But I , he says , affirm facts not affected by the illusions of sense ...
... sense , admits their coherency , their use and beauty , and then asks the materialist for his grounds of assurance that things are as his senses represent them . But I , he says , affirm facts not affected by the illusions of sense ...
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