Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 37
... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for mind from the routine of customary images ...
... body to his own imagination . And although that poem be as vague and fantastic as a dream , yet is it much more attractive than the more regular dramatic pieces of the same author , for mind from the routine of customary images ...
Page 61
... body in society reminds us of somewhat else , or of some other person . Character , reality , re- minds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent ...
... body in society reminds us of somewhat else , or of some other person . Character , reality , re- minds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation . The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent ...
Page 81
Ralph Waldo Emerson. of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. of education fosters restlessness . Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home . We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our ...
Page 94
... body ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the undulations . of fluids and of sound ; in the centrifugal and cen- tripetal gravity ; in electricity , galvanism , and chem- ical affinity . Superinduce magnetism at one end of a ...
... body ; in the systole and diastole of the heart ; in the undulations . of fluids and of sound ; in the centrifugal and cen- tripetal gravity ; in electricity , galvanism , and chem- ical affinity . Superinduce magnetism at one end of a ...
Page 101
... body would feast . The soul says , ' The man and woman shall be one flesh and one soul ; ' the body would join the flesh only . The soul says , ' Have dominion over all things to the ends of virtue ; ' the body would have the power over ...
... body would feast . The soul says , ' The man and woman shall be one flesh and one soul ; ' the body would join the flesh only . The soul says , ' Have dominion over all things to the ends of virtue ; ' the body would have the power over ...
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