...that within the Over-Soul 'cvcry man's particular being is contained and made one with all other . . . within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal Ix-auty. to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE' (Emerson 1978: 150)....

...universe is ultimately connected together through divine love. As Emerson wrote, "We live in secession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within...and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE." This same unitive understanding of life was captured nicely by someone I interviewed in Chicago who...

...subject of "The Over-Soul," Emerson's extended exposition of the immanent God of the soul and nature. "We live in succession, in division, in parts, in...and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE" (CW, 2:160). While this reformulation of the concept of God is a profound statement of affirmative...

...transcendentalism, to a context of thought in which Emerson had given voice to his belief that [w]c live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles....part and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE ("The Over- Soul" Essays: First Series 1898:253). Emerson's confession has been described as an "allegiance...

...Studies and the New Pragmatism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985). (eg, Kant, Hegel, Green), "the wise silence, the universal beauty, to which...part and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE."14 It is well known that Frost undermines all such transcendental romanticism, as in his well-known...

...this instance, of "The Over-Soul," in which Emerson explains the relationship of the each to the all: "We live in succession, in division, in parts, in...and particle is equally related; the eternal One" (210-11). In his perfect union with the environment, a fusion so complete that his neck bruises when...

...to inspire desire and assuage the pain of virtue, and stimulate man to seek and find himself; that "within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence;...and particle is equally related; the Eternal ONE." Life does not dismay him. He is content, for hedoes what is right; the important thing is to be virtuous:...

...comes to whoever will put off what is foreign and proud; it comes as serenity and grandeur. Within us is the soul of the whole; the wise silence, the universal...and particle is equally related; the eternal One. When it breaks through our intellect, it is genius; when it breathes through our will, it is virtue;...

...and made one with all other." We live divided, partial, and piecemeal lives. Yet within each of us is "the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal...and particle is equally related; the eternal One." Emerson's notion is very much like the Hindu conception of Brahma, or world soul, which is identified...

...OverSoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. . . . We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles....within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence . . . to which every part and particle is related; the eternal ONE. . . .» And now, speaking specifically...