 is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, of that inspiration of man which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 31by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and of thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, and which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. W r e lie in the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 568 pages
...action and of thought. Here are the lungs of thai inspiration which giveth man wisdom, and which can not be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes ns receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 120 pages
...increases ; hence, the exact location of a star so fai distant as to have no parallax cannot be calculated. which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism....in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...afterwards see them as appearances m uatxvxe,, we have shared theiv cause. of action and the fountain oi the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom,...of immense intelligence, which makes us organs of activity and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing... | |
 | Albert Walkley - 1897 - 180 pages
...word comes to him from his deepest life, and that he is compelled to speak. THE PREACHER'S SPIRIT. "We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which...organs of its activity and receivers of its truth." " Trust your emotion." (Emerson's Essay, " Self-reliance.") "What your heart thinks great is great.... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Newcomb - 1897 - 272 pages
...pattern that is being woven. The looms seem often cruel. But as Emerson says, we lie in the lap of an immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth. Receptiveness must come before illumination. Activity will surely follow. We need only open our eyes... | |
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought. . . We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth.—Emerson. MEDICINE now craves above all things State protection—a very measure of its loosening... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Newcomb - 1899 - 272 pages
...pattern that is being woven. The looms seem often cruel. But as Emerson says, we lie in the lap of an immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth. Receptiveness must come before illumination. Activity will surely follow. We need only open our eyes... | |
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