... notion. They fancy that I choose to see this or that thing. But perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time all mankind, — although it may chance that no one has seen it before... Essays: First Series - Page 58by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...this or that thing. But perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time, all mankind, although...my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun. 22. The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane to seek to interpose... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...this or that thing. But perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time all mankind, —...seek to interpose helps. It must be that when God speak eth, he should communicate not one thing, but all things ; should fill the world with his voice... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...this or that thing. But perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time, all mankind, —...has seen it before me. For my perception of It is as muerr tt-feet as the sun. The relations of the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is profane... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time, all mankind,—although it may chance that no one has seen it before me. For...the soul to the divine spirit are so pure that it is prof.ne to seek to interpose helps. It must be that when God speaketh, he should communicate not one... | |
| 1849 - 1052 pages
...voice, " If / see a trait, my children will see it after me, and, in course of time, all mankind—for my perception of it is as much a fact as the sun." But should we not, perhaps, go more steadily to work, and say a few words—a very few, on each of... | |
| 1850 - 524 pages
...extract we make as a palpable exhibition of the Antichristian tendencies of these writings : — " The relations of the soul to the divine Spirit are so pure tlmt it is profane to seek to interpose helps. Wherever a mind is simple, and receives a divine wisdom,... | |
| Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 468 pages
...them all. * * * * " Perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time all mankind, —...although it may chance that no one has seen it before me. My perception of it is as much a faej/as the sun. / " The relations of the soul to the Divine Spirit... | |
| Fredrika Bremer - 1854 - 676 pages
...them all. * * * * " Perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time all mankind —...although it may chance that no one has seen it before me. My perception of it is as much a fact as the sun. " The relations of the soul to the Divine Spirit... | |
| Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 674 pages
...faith. The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, the withdrawal of the soul.* ... The relations of the soul to the Divine spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose helps.f . . . When the mind is simple and receives a Divine wisdom, then old things pass away,—means,... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...we can affirm. . . . Perception is not whimsical, but fatal. If I see a trait, my children will see it after me, and in course of time, all mankind, —...communicate not one thing, but all things ; should till the world with His voice; should scatter forth light, nature, time, souls, from the centre of... | |
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