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 34
... true theory of nature and of man , that it should contain somewhat progressive . Uses that are exhausted or that may be , and facts that end in the statement , cannot be all that is true of this brave lodging wherein man is harbored ...
... true theory of nature and of man , that it should contain somewhat progressive . Uses that are exhausted or that may be , and facts that end in the statement , cannot be all that is true of this brave lodging wherein man is harbored ...
Page 40
... under the light of an idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to 40 PROSPECTS .
... under the light of an idea , the gaudy fable fades and shrivels . We behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to 40 PROSPECTS .
Page 46
... true dignity of his ministry . He sees his bushel and his cart , and nothing beyond , and sinks into the farmer ... true scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said : ' All things have two handles : 46 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
... true dignity of his ministry . He sees his bushel and his cart , and nothing beyond , and sinks into the farmer ... true scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said : ' All things have two handles : 46 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
Page 51
... true , that , as the seer's hour of vision is short and rare among heavy days and months , so is its record , perchance , the least part of his volume . The discerning will read , in his Plato or Shakespeare , only that least part ...
... true , that , as the seer's hour of vision is short and rare among heavy days and months , so is its record , perchance , the least part of his volume . The discerning will read , in his Plato or Shakespeare , only that least part ...
Page 52
... true scholar grudges every oppor- tunity of action past by , as a loss of power . It is the raw ma- terial out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products . A strange process too , this , by which experience is converted into ...
... true scholar grudges every oppor- tunity of action past by , as a loss of power . It is the raw ma- terial out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products . A strange process too , this , by which experience is converted into ...
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