The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 33
... genius , civilizes civilization , casts backward all that we held sacred into the profane , as the flame of oil throws a shadow when shined upon by the flame of the Bude - light . Not the less the popular measures of progress will ever ...
... genius , civilizes civilization , casts backward all that we held sacred into the profane , as the flame of oil throws a shadow when shined upon by the flame of the Bude - light . Not the less the popular measures of progress will ever ...
Page 44
... genius of the artist in favor of Nature than I have yet specified . A jumble of musical sounds on a viol or a flute , in which the rhythm of the tune is played without one of the notes being right , gives plea- sure to the unskilful ear ...
... genius of the artist in favor of Nature than I have yet specified . A jumble of musical sounds on a viol or a flute , in which the rhythm of the tune is played without one of the notes being right , gives plea- sure to the unskilful ear ...
Page 45
... genius of the artist is what is conventional in his art , of which there is much in every work of art . Thus how much is there that is not original in every par- ticular building , in every statue , in every tune , painting , poem or ...
... genius of the artist is what is conventional in his art , of which there is much in every work of art . Thus how much is there that is not original in every par- ticular building , in every statue , in every tune , painting , poem or ...
Page 47
... genius . We fear that Allston and Greenough did not foresee and design all the effect they produce on us . Our arts are happy hits . We are like the mu- sician on the lake , whose melody is sweeter than he knows , or like a traveller ...
... genius . We fear that Allston and Greenough did not foresee and design all the effect they produce on us . Our arts are happy hits . We are like the mu- sician on the lake , whose melody is sweeter than he knows , or like a traveller ...
Page 62
... play , a popu- lar assembly is that which has the largest com- pass and variety , and out of which , by genius and study , the most wonderful effects can be drawn . An audience is not a simple addition of 62 ELOQUENCE.
... play , a popu- lar assembly is that which has the largest com- pass and variety , and out of which , by genius and study , the most wonderful effects can be drawn . An audience is not a simple addition of 62 ELOQUENCE.
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