Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 313
... spinning away , dragging bank and banker with it at a rate of thousands of miles the hour , he knows not whither , — a bit of bullet , now glimmering , now darkling through a small cubic space on THE TRANSCENDENTALIST . 313.
... spinning away , dragging bank and banker with it at a rate of thousands of miles the hour , he knows not whither , — a bit of bullet , now glimmering , now darkling through a small cubic space on THE TRANSCENDENTALIST . 313.
Page 314
... or amount of objects , every social action . The idealist has another measure , which is metaphysical , namely the rank which things themselves take in his conscious- ness ; not at all the size or appearance . 314 THE TRANSCENDENTALIST .
... or amount of objects , every social action . The idealist has another measure , which is metaphysical , namely the rank which things themselves take in his conscious- ness ; not at all the size or appearance . 314 THE TRANSCENDENTALIST .
Page 316
... and descending . As I am , so shall I associate , and so shall I act ; Cæsar's history will paint out Cæ sar . Jesus acted so , because he thought so . I do me , not wish to overlook or to gainsay any 316 THE TRANSCENDENTALIST .
... and descending . As I am , so shall I associate , and so shall I act ; Cæsar's history will paint out Cæ sar . Jesus acted so , because he thought so . I do me , not wish to overlook or to gainsay any 316 THE TRANSCENDENTALIST .
Page 317
... Transcendentalist adopts the whole connec- tion of spiritual doctrine . He believes in miracle , in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power ; he believes in inspi- ration , and in ecstasy . He wishes ...
... Transcendentalist adopts the whole connec- tion of spiritual doctrine . He believes in miracle , in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power ; he believes in inspi- ration , and in ecstasy . He wishes ...
Page 318
... ; any presentiment , any ex- travagance of faith , the spiritualist adopts it as most in nature . The oriental mind has always 1 Coleridge's Translation . tended to this largeness . Buddhism is an expres- sion 318 THE TRANSCENDENTALIST .
... ; any presentiment , any ex- travagance of faith , the spiritualist adopts it as most in nature . The oriental mind has always 1 Coleridge's Translation . tended to this largeness . Buddhism is an expres- sion 318 THE TRANSCENDENTALIST .
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