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" ... 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 58
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 pages
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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...
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Essays

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...
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Essays

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...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

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...
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The English Review, Volumes 11-12

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...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 28

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,...
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The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, Volume 1

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...
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The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America, Volume 1

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...
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A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City, Volume 1

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,...
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The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Critical writings

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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