The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 12
... spirits . They seem a power incredible , as if God should raise the dead . The recluse witnesses what others perform by their aid , with a kind of fear . It is as much out of his possibility as the prowess of Coeur - de - Lion , or an ...
... spirits . They seem a power incredible , as if God should raise the dead . The recluse witnesses what others perform by their aid , with a kind of fear . It is as much out of his possibility as the prowess of Coeur - de - Lion , or an ...
Page 39
... spirit's vol- untary use and combination of things to serve its end . The Will distinguishes it as spiritual action ... Spirit which informs Nature , Plato rightly said , " Those things which are said to be done by Nature are indeed done ...
... spirit's vol- untary use and combination of things to serve its end . The Will distinguishes it as spiritual action ... Spirit which informs Nature , Plato rightly said , " Those things which are said to be done by Nature are indeed done ...
Page 45
... spirit rears a higher delight , but to which these are indispensable . Another deduction from the genius of the artist is what is conventional in his art , of which there is much in every work of art . Thus how much is there that is not ...
... spirit rears a higher delight , but to which these are indispensable . Another deduction from the genius of the artist is what is conventional in his art , of which there is much in every work of art . Thus how much is there that is not ...
Page 48
... spirit in which we con- ceive a prophet to speak , or an angel of the Lord to act ; that is , he is not to speak his own words , or do his own works , or think his own thoughts , but he is to be an organ through 48 ART.
... spirit in which we con- ceive a prophet to speak , or an angel of the Lord to act ; that is , he is not to speak his own words , or do his own works , or think his own thoughts , but he is to be an organ through 48 ART.
Page 57
... the Isles of Greece . And that Eter- nal Spirit whose triple face they are , moulds from them forever , for his mortal child , images to remind him of the Infinite and Fair . ' IV ELOQUENCE FOR whom the Muses smile upon , And ART 57.
... the Isles of Greece . And that Eter- nal Spirit whose triple face they are , moulds from them forever , for his mortal child , images to remind him of the Infinite and Fair . ' IV ELOQUENCE FOR whom the Muses smile upon , And ART 57.
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