 All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison — but uses these as hands and feet; is not a faculty, but a light; is not the...  Essays, First Series - Page 248by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...post free to subscribers at a distance. ALL goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function,...but the master of the intellect and the will; is the vast background of our being, in which they lie, an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed.... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1899 - 944 pages
...standpoint. When, for example, Emerson says, " All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs ; is not a function,...which they lie — an immensity not possessed and that can not be possessed" — he may be uttering the sentence of a divine philosophy, otr the deep intuition... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...into knowledge of the secret of nature. All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function,...will; is the background of our being, in which they lie,—an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed. From within or from behind, a light... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1900 - 390 pages
...me; I am part or particle of God." 2 "The soul in man ... is not the intellect or the will, but . . . the background of our being, in which they lie, —...immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed." 3 This view was the easier because Emerson thought of God as neither personal nor impersonal, but as... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1900 - 394 pages
...me; I am part or particle of God."2 "The soul in man ... is not the intellect or the will, but . . . the background of our being, in which they lie, — an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed."3 This view was the easier because Emerson thought of God as neither personal nor impersonal,... | |
 | Floyd Baker Wilson - 1901 - 242 pages
...his wonderful revelation of the center : " All goes to show that the soul of man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs ; is not a function...the master of the intellect and the will ; is the vast background of our being, in which they lie — an immensity that is not possessed and that cannot... | |
 | Kishori Lal Sarkar - 1902 - 196 pages
...Emerson : 41 All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises al? the organs, is not a function, like the power of memory,...but a light ; is not the intellect or the will, but is the back ground of our being, in which they lie, — an immensity not possessed and that cannot... | |
 | 1902 - 552 pages
...one, the laws of nature are justified. Emerson has written that "the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function...is not a faculty, but a light; is not the intellect and the will, but the master of the intellect and the will: is the background of our being, in which... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...into knowledge of the secret of nature.* All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs ; is not a function,...— an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed.3 From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 pages
...into knowledge of the secret of nature.* All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs ; is not a function,...— an immensity not possessed and that cannot be possessed.3 from within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things and makes us aware that... | |
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