 We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams.  Emerson: His Contribution to Literature - Page 88by David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, — all philosophy... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, — all metaphysics,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pages
...which Hashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. 3 We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. 4 The relations of the soul to the Divine Spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1868 - 412 pages
...which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. 3 We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its trutji and organs of its activity. 4 The relations of the soul to the Divine Spirit are so pure, that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, and which cannot be denied without impiety and j atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which *"...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 408 pages
...which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. The relations of the soul to the Divine Spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1872 - 416 pages
...which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. The relations of the soul to the Divine Spirit are so pure, that it is profane to seek to interpose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, and which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, and which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence this comes, if we seek to pry into the soul that causes, all philosophy is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, and which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth sud organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves,... | |
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