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" 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 ; I am part or... "
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by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883
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God and Enchantment of Place: Reclaiming Human Experience

David Brown - 2004 - 476 pages
...as Transcendentalism despite its essentially immanent approach, as in Emerson's often quoted words: 'the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God'. 143 The impact can be seen in painters such as John Kensett, SR Gifford, and, though at more of a remove,...
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The Power of Contestation: Perspectives on Maurice Blanchot

Kevin Hart, Geoffrey H. Hartman - 2004 - 252 pages
...primacy." Le Pas au-delà (Paris: Gallimard, 1973), 124-25. 8. Steven Shapiro quotes Emerson's "Nature": "All mean egotism vanishes, I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all." He adds, "The narcissistic integrity of the ego is less important than the purity of sight itself."...
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Deconstruction and Reconstruction: The Central European Pragmatist Forum ...

Central European Pragmatist Forum. Conference - 2004 - 286 pages
...cannot repair. 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; 1 see all; the currents of Universal Being circulate through me; I am part and parcel ofGod. 17 The...
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Borderlands of the Spirit: Reflections on a Sacred Science of Mind

John Herlihy - 2005 - 224 pages
...universal vision: "Standing on bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent...circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God." 10 As visionary organ of the senses as well as mediating symbol leading toward higher realities, the...
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Everyday Philosophy: Practical Applications

Gene Bammel - 2005 - 439 pages
...and faith. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blythe air and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent...circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God. I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty." Emerson unites traditional theistic mysticism—...
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Natural Visions: The Power of Images in American Environmental Reform

Finis Dunaway - 2005 - 271 pages
...Nature: "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...Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God." Although the Darwinian revolution revealed a nature indifferent to human desires...
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Contemporary Landscapes of Contemplation

Rebecca Krinke - 2005 - 238 pages
...repair. 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...Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.21 Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson here speaks of the tremendous regenerative power that...
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The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on Nature

Judith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald - 2005 - 234 pages
...repair. 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...Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.... In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages....
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Modern Architectural Theory: A Historical Survey, 1673–1968

Harry Francis Mallgrave - 2009 - 584 pages
...projection: "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...Universal Being circulate through me: I am part or particle of God." He borrowed the notion of the transcendental from Kant, who used it to characterize...
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Exploring

Richard S. Gilbert - 2005 - 118 pages
...writes, 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...the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part and parcel of God. Clarke, Emerson, and Channing wrote that the nineteenth-century feminist writer...
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