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" In enumerating the values of nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses; — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our present one, the inaccuracy is not material; no confusion of thought will... "
The Foreign quarterly review [ed. by J.G. Cochrane]. - Page 284
edited by - 1840
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The Literary World, Volume 7

1877 - 226 pages
...been made to it. Philosophically considered, he says, the universe is made up of Nature and the Soul. Nature, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged by man : space, the air, tho river, the leaf. Art is applied to the nurture of his will with his aid, as in a house, a canal,...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses, — hi its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...sense, refers to essences unchanged by man ; space, the ah-, the river, the leaf. Art is applied to the mixture of his will with the same things, as in a house,...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 336 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses, — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as .our...inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought need occur. Nature, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged by man ; space, the air, the...
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Nature: Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses, — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought need occur. Nature, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged by man ; space, the air, the...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 5

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 328 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses, — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...inaccuracy is not material ; no confusion of thought need occur. Nature, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged by man ; space, the air, the...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet

Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...of Nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in hoth senses — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...space, the air, the river, the leaf. Art is applied to tho mixture of his will with tho same things, as in a house, a canal, a picture, a statue. But his...
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Works, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 394 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses ; — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged l>y man ; space, the air, the river, the leaf. Art is applied to the mixture of his will with the same...
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NATURE, ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES

RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 428 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses; — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged bj r man; space, the air, the river, the leaf. Art is applied to the mixture of his will with the same...
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Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 674 pages
...nature and casting up their sum, I shall use the word in both senses; — in its common and in its philosophical import. In inquiries so general as our...not material; no confusion of thought will occur. JYatttre, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged by man ; space, the air, the river, the...
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Emerson's Complete Works: Nature, addresses and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 pages
...as our present one, the inaecuraey is not material ; no confusion of thought will oecur. Ifatitrc, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged...man ; space, the air, the river, the leaf. Art is applicd to the mixture of his will with the same things, as in a house, a eanal, a statue, a pieture....
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