 I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic i what is doing in Italy or Arabia; what is Greek art, or Provencal minstrelsy; I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low.  NATURE, ADDRESSES, AND LECTURES - Page 92by RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 536 pages
...joy when we read that sentence in this address, " I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic, what is doing in Italy or Arabia ; what is Greek Art...explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low." A distinguished sculptor was asked, " where when the gods had returned to Olympus, and the iconoclastic... | |
 | 1843 - 452 pages
...of warm life run into the hands and the feet. I ask not for the great, the remote, th'e romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia ; what is Greek art,...insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and the future worlds. What would we really know the meaning of? The meal in the firkin; the milk in the... | |
 | Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - 1847 - 330 pages
...the great spiritual philosopher of America ; ' I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia; what is Greek art, or Provengal minstrelsy ; I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...currents of warm life run into the hands and the feet I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia; what is Greek art, or Provencal minstrelsy ; I embrace the common—I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar—the low. Give me insight into to-day, and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...currents of warm life run into the hands and the feet. I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia; what is Greek art, or Provenqal minstrelsy; I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low.... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...currents of warm life run into the hands and feet? I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia, what is Greek art or Provencial minstrelsy ; I embrace the common ; 1 explore and sit at the feet of the familiar and the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...currents of warm life run into the hands and the feet. I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia ; what is Greek art, or Provencjal minstrelsy ; I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar, the low.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...currents of warm life run into the hands and the feet. I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia ; what is Greek art, or ProvenQal minstrelsy ; I embrace the common, I explore and . sit at the feet of the familiar, the low.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia ; what is Greek art, of Proven9al minstrelsy ; I embrace the common, I explore and sit...future worlds. What would we really know the meaning of 1 The meal in the firkin ; the milk in the pan ; the ballad in the street ; thd news of the boat ;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 pages
...currents of warm life run into the hands and the feet. I ask not for the great, the remote, the romantic ; what is doing in Italy or Arabia ; what is Greek art,...minstrelsy ; I embrace the common, I explore and sit at tin; feet of the familiar, the low. Give me insight into to-day, and you may have the antique and future... | |
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