 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.  The Contribution of Emerson to Literature - Page 90by David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 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,... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 508 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 - 1903 - 478 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... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 600 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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 448 pages
...attitude receptive of the great Self, the OverSoul, which befits the worshipping human being : — " We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams." CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY Among the persons who attended Mr. Emerson's courses of lectures... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 468 pages
...attitude receptive of the great Self, the OverSoul, which befits the worshipping human being : — " We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams." CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY Among the persons who attended Mr. Emerson's courses of lectures... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 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 anc? organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 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,... | |
 | William James - 1906 - 138 pages
...tendency of thought known as transcendentalism. Emereon, for example, writes : " V/e lie in the lap 1 06 of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers...do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams." \Self-Relianct, p. 56.] But it is not necessary to identify the consciousness postulated in... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 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,... | |
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