The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With a Biographical Introduction and Notes, Volume 4Riverside Press, 1904 |
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... modern studies , and begin low enough . We must not contend against love , or deny the substantial existence of other people . ' I know not what would hap- pen to us . We have social strengths . Our af- fection towards others creates a ...
... modern studies , and begin low enough . We must not contend against love , or deny the substantial existence of other people . ' I know not what would hap- pen to us . We have social strengths . Our af- fection towards others creates a ...
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... modern- ness of his style and spirit . Here is the germ of that Europe we know so well , in its long history of arts and arms ; here are all its traits , already discernible in the mind of Plato , and in none before him . It has spread ...
... modern- ness of his style and spirit . Here is the germ of that Europe we know so well , in its long history of arts and arms ; here are all its traits , already discernible in the mind of Plato , and in none before him . It has spread ...
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... Modern science , by the extent of its gener- alization , has learned to indemnify the student of man for the defects of individuals by tracing growth and ascent in races ; and , by the simple expedient of lighting up the vast background ...
... Modern science , by the extent of its gener- alization , has learned to indemnify the student of man for the defects of individuals by tracing growth and ascent in races ; and , by the simple expedient of lighting up the vast background ...
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... modern criticism , who should draw the line of relation that sub- sists between Shakspeare and Swedenborg . The human mind stands ever in perplexity , demand- ing intellect , demanding sanctity , impatient equally of each without the ...
... modern criticism , who should draw the line of relation that sub- sists between Shakspeare and Swedenborg . The human mind stands ever in perplexity , demand- ing intellect , demanding sanctity , impatient equally of each without the ...
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... modern times no such remarkable example of this introverted mind has occurred as in Emanuel Swedenborg , born in Stockholm , in 1688. This man , who appeared to his contem- poraries a visionary and elixir of moonbeams , no doubt led the ...
... modern times no such remarkable example of this introverted mind has occurred as in Emanuel Swedenborg , born in Stockholm , in 1688. This man , who appeared to his contem- poraries a visionary and elixir of moonbeams , no doubt led the ...
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Page 88 - The loyalty, well held to fools, does make Our faith mere folly: — Yet he that can endure To follow with allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer him that did his master conquer, And earns a place i
Page 305 - O friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched, Through thee the rose is red, All things through thee take nobler form And look beyond the earth, The mill-round of our fate appears A sun-path in thy worth. Me too thy nobleness has taught To master my despair ; The fountains of my hidden life Are through thy friendship fair.
Page 365 - LITTLE thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown Of thee from the hill-top looking down; The heifer that lows in the upland farm, Far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm; The sexton, tolling his bell at noon, Deems not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists with delight, Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine height; Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent.
Page 6 - He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.
Page 341 - I will write it, — that there is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you have headache, or sciatica, or leprosy, or thunderstroke, I beseech you by all angels to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning, to which all the housemates bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by corruption and groans.
Page 14 - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or wearied by the most laborious; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
Page 349 - These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned; And the same power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within.
Page 339 - Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town; Thou didst betray me to a ling'ring book, And wrap me in a gown. I was entangled in the world of strife, Before I had the power to change my life.
Page 316 - The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk in the shaken pine, And fill the long reach of the old seashore With dialogue divine; And the poet who overhears Some random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey...
Page 39 - Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated among men of thought.