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
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...Over-souL Let us find this expressed in his own eloquent words. In his essay on the Over-soul he says: — "The soul gives itself, alone, original, and pure,...leads, and speaks through it. Then is it glad, young, nimble. Behold, it saith, I am born into the great, the universal mind. I am somehow receptive of the... | |
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