The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In 2 Volumes. [Inhalt. Vol. I: Miscellanies. - Essays. Vol. II: Representative Men. - English Traits. - Conduct of Life.]. I, Volume 1Fields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 |
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Page 77
... secret ; they cannot see in secret ; they love to be blind in public . They think society wiser than their soul , and know not that one soul , and their soul , is wiser than the whole world . See how nations and races flit by on the sea ...
... secret ; they cannot see in secret ; they love to be blind in public . They think society wiser than their soul , and know not that one soul , and their soul , is wiser than the whole world . See how nations and races flit by on the sea ...
Page 95
... secret of our being , and so diving , bring up out of secular darkness the sublimities of the moral constitution . How mean to go blazing , a gaudy butterfly , in fashionable or political saloons , the fool of society , the fool of ...
... secret of our being , and so diving , bring up out of secular darkness the sublimities of the moral constitution . How mean to go blazing , a gaudy butterfly , in fashionable or political saloons , the fool of society , the fool of ...
Page 96
... secrets of tenderness , of terror , of will , and of fate ? How can he catch and keep the strain of upper music that peals from it ? Its laws are concealed under the details of daily action . All action is an experiment upon them . He ...
... secrets of tenderness , of terror , of will , and of fate ? How can he catch and keep the strain of upper music that peals from it ? Its laws are concealed under the details of daily action . All action is an experiment upon them . He ...
Page 98
... secret of the world is to be learned , and the skill truly to unfold it is acquired . Or , rather , is it not , that , by this discipline , the usurpation of the senses is overcome , and the lower faculties of man are subdued to ...
... secret of the world is to be learned , and the skill truly to unfold it is acquired . Or , rather , is it not , that , by this discipline , the usurpation of the senses is overcome , and the lower faculties of man are subdued to ...
Page 99
... secrets of your nature , which gods will bend and aid you to communicate . Let him not grieve too When he sees how much If , with a high trust , he can thus submit himself , he will find that ample returns are poured into his bosom ...
... secrets of your nature , which gods will bend and aid you to communicate . Let him not grieve too When he sees how much If , with a high trust , he can thus submit himself , he will find that ample returns are poured into his bosom ...
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