Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. sentiment , to his wonder he finds this is the most acceptable , most public , and universally true . The people delight in it ; the better part of every man feels , This is my music ; this is ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. sentiment , to his wonder he finds this is the most acceptable , most public , and universally true . The people delight in it ; the better part of every man feels , This is my music ; this is ...
Page 120
... sentiment of virtue . Then he is instructed in what is above him . He learns that his being is without bound ; that to the good , to the perfect , he is born , low as he now lies in evil and weakness . That which he venerates is still ...
... sentiment of virtue . Then he is instructed in what is above him . He learns that his being is without bound ; that to the good , to the perfect , he is born , low as he now lies in evil and weakness . That which he venerates is still ...
Page 121
... sentiment of virtue is a reverence and de- light in the presence of certain divine laws . It per- ceives that this homely game of life we play , covers , under what seem foolish details , principles that as- tonish . The child amidst ...
... sentiment of virtue is a reverence and de- light in the presence of certain divine laws . It per- ceives that this homely game of life we play , covers , under what seem foolish details , principles that as- tonish . The child amidst ...
Page 122
... sentiment is an in- sight of the perfection of the laws of the soul . These laws execute themselves . They are out of time , out of space , and not subject to circumstance . Thus in the soul of man there is a justice whose retributions ...
... sentiment is an in- sight of the perfection of the laws of the soul . These laws execute themselves . They are out of time , out of space , and not subject to circumstance . Thus in the soul of man there is a justice whose retributions ...
Page 124
... sentiment which we call the religious sentiment , and which makes our highest happiness . Wonderful is its power to charm and to com- mand . It is a mountain air . It is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh and storax , and chlorine ...
... sentiment which we call the religious sentiment , and which makes our highest happiness . Wonderful is its power to charm and to com- mand . It is a mountain air . It is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh and storax , and chlorine ...
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