 We are idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in today to rival or recreate that beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where...  Complete Works - Page 121by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards. —COMPENSATION Do you agree that people, as a rule, do not believe in the riches of the soul? Why... | |
 | Meindert Evers - 2004 - 222 pages
...soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence (...). We linger in the ruins of the old tent (...). But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty...ever with reverted eyes, like those monsters who look backwards."39 Die Geschichte darf nicht als Apologie unserer Schwächen verstanden werden, sondern... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, "Up and onward forevermore!" We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the New; and so we walk ever with... | |
 | Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...rely on the new; and so we walk ever with reverted eves, like those monsters who look backwards. 90 And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 522 pages
...beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent, where once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover,...vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, " Up and onward forevermore ! " We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new; and so we walk ever... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 pages
...But we sit and weep in vain. The voiee of the Almighty saith, "Up and onward for evermore!" We eannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the new; and so we walk ever with reverted eyes, like these monsters whe look baekwards. 'An English eritie thus speaks of him : — "Mr. Emerson possesses... | |
 | 1891 - 542 pages
...beautiful yesterday." But here the paths diverge, — the pessimist goes no farther, while Emerson adds, " But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith — Up and onward forever more. We cannot stay amid the ruins." The optimist goes on to make his to-day as near like... | |
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