 We feel, in seeing a noble building, which rhymes well, as we do in hearing a perfect song, that it is spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 53by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 608 pages
...composed by him. And so every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun. "The Iliad of Homer, the songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of JEschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakespeare, all and each were made... | |
 | 1896 - 888 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being ; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...executed by the artist not arbitrarily composed by him." He further says : "Arising out of eternal Reason, one and perfect, whatever is beautiful rests on the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 268 pages
...prophet spoken a Was writ on tables yet unbroken ; 39. See Appendix, p. 91. Also, History, ii, 17. 45. " And so every genuine work of art has as much reason...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of JEschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1897 - 554 pages
...nature. If the earth and sea conspire with virtue more than vice, — so do the masterpieces of art." now only discovered and executed by the artist, not...as much reason for being as the earth and the sun." In " The Problem " we have the same thought again : — "Earth proudly Wears the Parthenon, As the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 330 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being ; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of .SDschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 542 pages
...spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in Nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...songs of David, the odes of Pindar, the tragedies of JEschylus, the Doric temples, the Gothic cathedrals, the plays of Shakspeare, all and each were made... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 600 pages
...is spiritually organic ; that it had a necessity in nature for being-; was one of the possible forms in the Divine Mind, and is now only discovered and...as much reason for being as the earth and the sun." In " The Problem " we have the same thought again: — '- Earth proudly wears the Parthenon, As the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...thoughts are expressed in his poem " The Problem " and in the essay on " History " in this volume. " Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as earth and sun." — " Art," Society and Solitude. Page 355 , note I, Selection, "the first office of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 pages
...thoughts are expressed in his poem " The Problem " and in the essay on " History " in this volume. " Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as earth and sun." — " Art," Society and Solitude. PaSe 355' note T- Selection, "the first office of... | |
 | 1904 - 778 pages
...is spiritually organic; that is, had a necessity in nature for being; was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and...executed by the artist, not arbitrarily composed by him." " The reference of all production at last to an aboriginal Power explains the traits common to all... | |
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