The soul gives itself alone, original and pure, to the Lonely, Original, and Pure, who, on that condition, gladly inhabits, leads, and speaks through it. Then is it glad, young and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called... Essays - Page 269by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1911 - 616 pages
...revelation of all nature and all thought to his heart; this namely, that the Highest dwells with him." "The soul gives itself, alone, original, and pure,...condition gladly inhabits, leads, and speaks through it." Perhaps the most explicit statement in all Emerson's writings on the nature of the relationship of... | |
| William De Witt Hyde - 1911 - 328 pages
...life we have seen or read of. Pressed on our attention, the saints and demigods whom history worships fatigue and invade. The soul gives itself, alone,...Original, and Pure, who on that condition gladly inhabits it." " The higher the style we demand of friendship, of course the less easy to establish it with flesh... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 614 pages
...mediator ; it gives itself alone, original, pure, to the Lonely Original and Pure, who, on that condition, inhabits, leads and speaks through it. Then is it glad, young and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called religious, but it is innocent. It calls the Light... | |
| 1914 - 416 pages
...other hand, it is true that the word Isolation does echo what Emerson has so beautifully expressed : "The soul gives itself, alone, original and pure,...condition, gladly inhabits, leads, and speaks through it. . . ." But for the most part Dr. Woods is as happy as he is thoughtful in his choice of words. Take,... | |
| George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 pages
...and demigods whom history worships we are constrained to accept with a grain of allowance. Though in our lonely hours we draw a new strength out of their...Then is it glad, young, and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called religious, but it is innocent. It calls the light... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1916 - 760 pages
...and demigods whom history worships we are constrained to accept with a grain of allowance. Though in our lonely hours we draw a new strength out of their...Then is it glad, young, and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called religious, but it is innocent. It calls the light... | |
| 1918 - 808 pages
...worships we are constrained to accept with a grain of allowance. Though in our lonely hours we draw new strength out of their memory. yet pressed on our...Then is it glad. young, and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called religious, but it is innocent. It calls the light... | |
| G.A. Natesan - 1918 - 1034 pages
...of seeing and the thing seen, the seer and the spectacle, the subject and the object are one... 1'he soul gives itself, alone, original and pure to the...condition gladly inhabits, leads and speaks through it. This is the religion which we name Brahmoism; this is the faith of all sections of the Brahmo Church... | |
| American Society for Psychical Research - 1919 - 660 pages
...assumption ; thus the Spring flowers do not assume to (advise) yet they are there and hold their places. (" The soul gives itself alone, original, and pure, to the Lonely, Original, and Pure ; who on those conditions gladly inhabits, leads, and speaks through it.") The same, — the simple is the sublime... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...demigods whom history worships, we are constrained to accept with a grain of allowance. Though in ' our lonely hours we draw a new strength out of their...Then is it glad, young, and nimble. It is not wise, but it sees through all things. It is not called religious, but it is innocent. It calls the light... | |
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