The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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Page 61
... Spirit . It suggests the absolute . It is a perpetual effect . It is a great shadow pointing always to the sun behind us . The aspect of Nature is devout . Like the figure of Jesus , she stands with bended head , and hands folded upon ...
... Spirit . It suggests the absolute . It is a perpetual effect . It is a great shadow pointing always to the sun behind us . The aspect of Nature is devout . Like the figure of Jesus , she stands with bended head , and hands folded upon ...
Page 63
... spirit . 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 ... spirit creates ; that behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present SPIRIT 63.
... spirit . 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 ... spirit creates ; that behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present SPIRIT 63.
Page 76
... Spirit alters , moulds , makes it . The immobility or bruteness of nature is the absence of spirit ; to pure spirit it is fluid , it is volatile , it is obedient . Every spirit builds itself a house , and beyond its house a world , and ...
... Spirit alters , moulds , makes it . The immobility or bruteness of nature is the absence of spirit ; to pure spirit it is fluid , it is volatile , it is obedient . Every spirit builds itself a house , and beyond its house a world , and ...
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