 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
 | John Hutchison - 1884 - 408 pages
...hesitated to say, " As soon as a 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...prayers, heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends." There is a snare lurking in such an utterance, all the more that the utterance has much of truth in... | |
 | Henry Bellyse Baildon - 1884 - 66 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...the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are prayers heard throughout nature." There are then with him two phases of prayer, thought and action,... | |
 | Henry Bellyse Baildon - 1884 - 64 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...the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are prayers heard throughout nature." There are then with him two phases of prayer, thought and action,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 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 - 1893 - 126 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...for cheap ends. Caratach, in Fletcher's " Bonduca," 2 when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate, replies, — " His hidden meaning lies in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then 3ee prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field...kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers lieard throughout nature, though for cheap ends. Caratach, in Fletcher's Bonduca, when admonished to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 334 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...kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers lieard throughout nature, though for cheap ends. Caratach, in Fletcher's Bonduca, when admonished to... | |
 | 1896 - 234 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... | |
 | 1896 - 374 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...nature, though for cheap ends. Caratach, in Fletcher's " Bonduca,"2 when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate, replies, — " His hidden meaning... | |
 | Charles Sumner Nickerson - 1896 - 304 pages
...upon God. But he who works, cursing the necessity that he must work, is not praying. Emerson says, " The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to...kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers." They are if they are, not otherwise. If they are an expression of desire consciously depending upon... | |
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