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
| Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 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. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
| Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 416 pages
...exist, and afterward see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 432 pages
...exist, and afterward see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense inteffigence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of imjapnseintelligence, which makes us organs nf its "and receiversTjf~lTs t ruthJ When we discern justice,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 584 pages
...wisdom, of that inspiration of man which cannot be without impiety and atheism. We lie in the \ap mense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity...and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Elmer James Bailey - 1922 - 282 pages
..." an inspiration which giveth man wisdom, an inspiration which cannot be denied without impiety, an intelligence which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth, a soul for the explanation of which all metaphysics, all philosophy is at fault, a soul the presence... | |
| Frank Aydelotte - 1923 - 450 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. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
| University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 430 pages
...appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the foundation of action and thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom and which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
| University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 pages
...appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the foundation of action and thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom and which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1983 - 1196 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. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
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