 Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ;...  Nature: Addresses, and Lectures - Page 17by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Petra Halkes - 2006 - 201 pages
...air, and uplifted into infinite space, - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal being circulate through me; I am part and parcel of God.' (in Rosenblum 1975: 22). 4 The Romantic symbol's seducing promise of the end of... | |
 | Elizabeth Michael Boyle - 2006 - 164 pages
...bathed in the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, — all means of egotism vanish. . . . I am nothing. I see all. The currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part and parcel of God.7 While poets, artists, and mystics give the clearest expression to such communion... | |
 | Robert C. Fuller - 2009 - 200 pages
...wrote that when he was alone in nature, "all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part and parcel of God."21 Emerson's writings celebrated the potential that he believed every person has... | |
 | Carl Rollyson - 2006 - 301 pages
...air and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing. I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part and parcel with God." Wright had the audacity to try this out in the heart of New York City, creating... | |
 | Fred R. Shapiro - 2006 - 1092 pages
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 | Robert Rehder, Patrick Vincent - 2006 - 252 pages
...air and uplifted into infinite space - all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball. I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the universal being circulate through me. (Emerson, Nature 6) The single self, for Emerson, is the apotheosis of an all encompassing universal... | |
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