Essays, First SeriesHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 343 pages |
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Page 102
... " How secret art thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in silence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an unwearied providence cer- - tain penal blindnesses upon such as have unbridled desires ! 102 COMPENSATION .
... " How secret art thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in silence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an unwearied providence cer- - tain penal blindnesses upon such as have unbridled desires ! 102 COMPENSATION .
Page 104
... heaven should trans- gress his path they would punish him . The poets related that stone walls and iron swords and leath- ern thongs had an occult sympathy with the wrongs of their owners ; that the belt which Ajax gave Hector dragged ...
... heaven should trans- gress his path they would punish him . The poets related that stone walls and iron swords and leath- ern thongs had an occult sympathy with the wrongs of their owners ; that the belt which Ajax gave Hector dragged ...
Page 107
... heaven on himself , in striving to shut out others . Treat men as pawns and nine- pins and you shall suffer as well as they . If you leave out their heart , you shall lose your own . The senses would make things of all persons ; of ...
... heaven on himself , in striving to shut out others . Treat men as pawns and nine- pins and you shall suffer as well as they . If you leave out their heart , you shall lose your own . The senses would make things of all persons ; of ...
Page 122
... the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener is made the banian of the forest , yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men . SPIRITUAL LAWS . THE living Heaven thy prayers respect , 122 COMPENSATION .
... the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener is made the banian of the forest , yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men . SPIRITUAL LAWS . THE living Heaven thy prayers respect , 122 COMPENSATION .
Page 123
Ralph Waldo Emerson. SPIRITUAL LAWS . THE living Heaven thy prayers respect , House at once and architect , Quarrying man's rejected hours , Builds there with eternal towers ; Sole and self - commanded works , Fears not undermining days ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. SPIRITUAL LAWS . THE living Heaven thy prayers respect , House at once and architect , Quarrying man's rejected hours , Builds there with eternal towers ; Sole and self - commanded works , Fears not undermining days ...
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