 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
 | P. Wilson - 1898 - 296 pages
...self-reliance, but never a word on the duty of God-reliance, the very soul of prayer. work is to pray. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to...prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar,—these are true prayers heard throughout nature." We are startled at definitions like these,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 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... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...meanness and theft. 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 400 throughout nature, though for cheap ends. Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 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 to weed it, the 70 prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 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...lies in our endeavors, Our valors are our best gods. C. Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is Infirmity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 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...lies 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... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 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... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 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...god Audate, replies, — "His hidden meaning lies in onr endeavors; Our valors are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent... | |
 | 1919 - 728 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...prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends. ... As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect." Prayer... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...As soon as the man is at one with God, /TH&^-J'""' 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.1 Caratach, in Fletcher's "Bonduca," when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate, replies,... | |
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