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... to know the primitive sense of the permanent objects of nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause . A new interest surprises us , whilst , under the 66 ...
... to know the primitive sense of the permanent objects of nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause . A new interest surprises us , whilst , under the 66 ...
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But the sailor , the shepherd , the miner , the merchant , in their several resorts , have each an experience precisely parallel , and leading to the same conclusion : bea cause all organizations are radically alike . Nor can it.
But the sailor , the shepherd , the miner , the merchant , in their several resorts , have each an experience precisely parallel , and leading to the same conclusion : bea cause all organizations are radically alike . Nor can it.
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cause all organizations are radically alike . Nor can it be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air , grows in the grain , and impregnates the waters of the world , is caught by man and sinks into his soul .
cause all organizations are radically alike . Nor can it be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air , grows in the grain , and impregnates the waters of the world , is caught by man and sinks into his soul .
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A noble doubt perpetually suggests itself , — whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe ; and whether nature outwardly exists . It is a sufficient account of that Appearance we call the World , that God will teach a human ...
A noble doubt perpetually suggests itself , — whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe ; and whether nature outwardly exists . It is a sufficient account of that Appearance we call the World , that God will teach a human ...
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a a faces become transparent , and are no longer seen ; causes and spirits are seen through them . The best moments of life are these delicious awakenings of the higher powers , and the reverential withdrawing of nature before its God .
a a faces become transparent , and are no longer seen ; causes and spirits are seen through them . The best moments of life are these delicious awakenings of the higher powers , and the reverential withdrawing of nature before its God .
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| Title | Nature: Addresses, and Lectures Volume 1 of Riverside ed. Complete works |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2013 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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