Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... present edition of Mr. Emerson's writings contain his collected Es- says as he left them , except some revision of the punctuation and the correction of obvious mistakes . The ninth volume comprises the pieces chosen by Mr. Emerson from ...
... present edition of Mr. Emerson's writings contain his collected Es- says as he left them , except some revision of the punctuation and the correction of obvious mistakes . The ninth volume comprises the pieces chosen by Mr. Emerson from ...
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... present one , the inaccu- racy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to es- sences unchanged by man ; space , the air , the river , the leaf . Art is applied to the mixture of his ...
... present one , the inaccu- racy is not material ; no confusion of thought will occur . Nature , in the common sense , refers to es- sences unchanged by man ; space , the air , the river , the leaf . Art is applied to the mixture of his ...
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... reverence , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their influence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wis- est NATURE.
... reverence , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their influence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wis- est NATURE.
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... present action of the mind . It is proper creation . It is the work- ing of the Original Cause through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country - life possesses , for a powerful mind ...
... present action of the mind . It is proper creation . It is the work- ing of the Original Cause through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country - life possesses , for a powerful mind ...
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... present to the imagi- nation not only motions , as of the snake , the stag , and the elephant , but colors also ; as the green grass . The law of harmonic sounds reappears in the harmonic colors . The granite is differenced in its laws ...
... present to the imagi- nation not only motions , as of the snake , the stag , and the elephant , but colors also ; as the green grass . The law of harmonic sounds reappears in the harmonic colors . The granite is differenced in its laws ...
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