 It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with...  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 38by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...man is at one with God, lie will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of (lie farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer...nature though for cheap ends. Caratach, in Fletcher's Bonduea, when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate, replies, — " His hidden meaning lies... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...consciousness. As soon as a man is at unity with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...prayers, heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends." FALSE PEAYEES. " Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance;... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 416 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature." l In his first book he expressed his deep appreciation of the value of prayer. " In the uttermost meaning... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...in our endeavors ; Our valors are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...in our endeavors ; Our valors are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 356 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...in our endeavors ; Our valors are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...Audate, replies, — "His hidden meaning lies in our endeavours ; Our valours are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all endeavours ; Our valours are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Burnham - 1883 - 324 pages
...good. . . . As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard through all nature, though for cheap ends. — RW Emerson (Self-reliance, Essays, I., p. 67). From... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...in our endeavors ; Our valors are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity... | |
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