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
| Anthony John Harding - 1985 - 208 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....which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism" (EESS, p. 53). In "The Over-Soul," however, Emerson concedes a significant point when he agrees that... | |
| Thomas Krusche - 1987 - 384 pages
...deep force, the last fact, behind which analysis cannot go, all things find their common origin... We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...organs of its activity and receivers of its truth. 43 2. Das Vermächtnis der calvinistischen Weltsicht Eine Untersuchung der Entwicklung von Emersons... | |
| Kenneth R. Johnston - 1990 - 454 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,... | |
| James S. Hans - 1995 - 398 pages
...appreciate better the significance of what he is talking about: 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,... | |
| Charles B. Guignon - 1999 - 350 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,... | |
| Joel Myerson - 2000 - 751 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. Here are the lungs of that inspinationwhich giveth man wisdom, of that inspiration of man which cannot be denied without impiety... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 284 pages
...appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain ofaction 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 is the lap of immense intelligence,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 256 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,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...exist 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....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... | |
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