 Here is the difference betwixt the poet and the mystic, that the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all symbols are fluxional ; all language is vehicular and transitive, and is good,...  Works - Page 89by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1844 - 332 pages
...betwixt the poet and the mystic, that the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. The morning-redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen, and comes to stand to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1844 - 332 pages
...betwixt the poet and the mystic, that the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. The morning-redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen, and comes to stand to... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 606 pages
...the Poet and the Mystic is, that the Mystic nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...is good as ferries and horses are for conveyance, and not as farms and houses are for homesteads." " Mysticism consists in the mistake of an accidental... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1845 - 604 pages
...the Poet and the Mystic is, that the Mystic nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...is good as ferries and horses are for conveyance, and not as farms and houses are for homesteads." " Mysticism consists in the mistake of an accidental... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 286 pages
...the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and 4 false. For all symbols are fluxional ; all language...consists in the mistake of an accidental and individual synihol for an universal one. The morning-redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 286 pages
...betwixt the poet and the mystic, that the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...and houses are, for homestead. Mysticism consists iu the mistake of an accidental and individual symhol for an universal one. The morning-redness happens... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1863 - 288 pages
...the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and 4 false. For all symbols are fluxional ; all language...and houses are, for homestead. Mysticism consists i» the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. The morning-redness happens... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 274 pages
...that the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old 4 false. For all symbols are fluxional; all language...and houses are, for homestead. Mysticism consists iu the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. The morning-redness happens... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...betwixt the poet and the mystic, that the last nails a symbol to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...for an universal one. The morning redness happens to bo the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen, and comes to stand to him for truth and faith ;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...betwixt the poet and the mystic, that the last nails a symbol ' to one sense, which was a true sense for a moment, but soon becomes old and false. For all...universal one. The morning redness happens to be the favorite meteor to the eyes of Jacob Behmen, and comes to stand to him for truth and faith ; and he... | |
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