Essays - First SeriesThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 314 pages American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson said that his primary principle was "the infinitude of the private man", and advised to "make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." His First Series collects together the following 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect and Art. |
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Page 55
... actions of kings to those of gentlemen. The world has been instructed by its kings, who have so magnetized the eyes of nations. It has been taught by this colossal symbol the mutual reverence that is due from man to man. The joyful ...
... actions of kings to those of gentlemen. The world has been instructed by its kings, who have so magnetized the eyes of nations. It has been taught by this colossal symbol the mutual reverence that is due from man to man. The joyful ...
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... action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self-trust. Who is the Trustee? What is the aboriginal Self ... actions, if the least mark of independence appear? The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of ...
... action exerts is explained when we inquire the reason of self-trust. Who is the Trustee? What is the aboriginal Self ... actions, if the least mark of independence appear? The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of ...
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... action and of thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom and which cannot be denied ... actions and acquisitions are but roving;—the idlest reverie, the faintest native emotion, command my curiosity and ...
... action and of thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom and which cannot be denied ... actions and acquisitions are but roving;—the idlest reverie, the faintest native emotion, command my curiosity and ...
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... action. I see the same law working in nature for conservation and growth. Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot help itself. The genesis and maturation of a ...
... action. I see the same law working in nature for conservation and growth. Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot help itself. The genesis and maturation of a ...
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Contents
4 | |
39 | |
Compensation | 80 |
Spiritual Laws | 112 |
Love | 145 |
Friendship | 164 |
Prudence | 188 |
Heroism | 207 |
The OverSoul | 226 |
Circles | 254 |
Intellect | 274 |
Art | 295 |
Endnotes | 313 |
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