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 - 1903 - 842 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.1 Caratach, in Fletcher's " Bonduca," when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate, replies,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 200 pages
...carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every thing were titular and ephemeral but he. "THE prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to...prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends. T~"HE epochs of our life are not in the visible facts .... but in a silent thought by the wayside as... | |
| Philip Gledstanes Blyth - 1906 - 232 pages
...of his desires without any necessary use of words. And this kind of prayer does produce results. " The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to...prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends."1 As to what constitutes a religious assembly no rigid line can be drawn. Any assembly in which... | |
| 1860 - 708 pages
...anything, man admiring and praising himself. He then says, prayer is action ; " the kneeling of the farmer in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers." This " work is worship " doctrine is totally different from that of the Apostle, " diligent in business,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 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 prayer of the rower 25 kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 pages
...consciousness. \As soon as the man is at one with Grod, 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 (^•egrets.... | |
| 1908 - 812 pages
...of view; it is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. The prayer of the farmer, kneeling on his field to weed it ; the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of the oar, are true prayers, heard throughout nature. That which befits us (embosomed in beauty and wonder... | |
| 1909 - 540 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 636 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... | |
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