We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defence... The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 66by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870Full view - About this book
| Len Gougeon - 2012 - 280 pages
...step leading eventually to the renewal and redemption of the entire society. When that moment comes, "A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." 11 His focus at this time remained largely on the individual, and he was not interested in a more direct... | |
| Juliana Geran Pilon - 2007 - 310 pages
...with our own hands; we will speak our own minds" and build an unprecedented society. And so "a new nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." Could a message offer loftier inspiration— and project more self-confidence? But to his surprise,... | |
| Philipp Mehne - 2008 - 234 pages
...Verbindung des universalistischen mit dem historistischen, nationalistischen Denken liegt: „A nation will for the first time exist, because each believes...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." (CW l, 70).415 Kurt Mueller-Vollmer unterscheidet zwei Phasen im Diskurs über die amerikanische Nation,... | |
| George McKenna - 2007 - 454 pages
...Encyclopedia (www .themystica.com/mystica/articles/t/transcendentalism.html. 107. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity...College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, July 15, 1838," in Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Poems (New York: Library of America, 1983), 84-85. 108. Quoted in... | |
| Randall Fuller - 2007 - 232 pages
...shall reveal. But it is necessary to again take note of the language set forth in Emerson's final line: "A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself impired\yy the Divine Soul which also inspires all men" (EL 71). At stake here is a temporal belief,... | |
| Catherine L. Albanese - 2007 - 640 pages
...Rationale of Religious Enquiry," Christian Examiner 21 (November 1836): 225-54. 127. Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address Delivered Before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July, 1838," in The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ed. Alfred R. Ferguson et al., vol.... | |
| Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 pages
...name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defence and a wreath of joy around all....inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men. 27 The Divinity School Address Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday... | |
| Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 118 pages
...name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of * man shall be a wall of defence and a wreath of joy around all....inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men. "THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR" (1837) Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is among the most accomplished and revered 1-f... | |
| Estelle R. Jorgensen - 2008 - 738 pages
...we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we inly were." Divinity School Address, "Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity...College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, July 15, 1838," http://www.emersoncentral.com/divaddr.htm (accessed January 20, 2006). 10. Iris M. Yob, "Images of... | |
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