 For us the winds do blow; The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow; Nothing we see but means our good, As our delight or as our treasure. The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. The stars have us to bed; Night draws...  Essays, Lectures and Orations - Page 230by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
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...does not merely quantify the world, but is able to see that as the Christian poet George Herbert wrote All things unto our flesh are kind, In their descent and being; to our mind, In their ascent and cause.64 Ascent to what Plotinus called "Authentic Being" takes place through the mind, and only such... | |
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...delight, or as our treasure; The whole is either our cupboard of food, Or cabinet of pleasure. The stars have us to bed: Night draws the curtain: which the...things unto our flesh are kind. In their descent and betug; to our mtud, In their ascent and cause. More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice of.... | |
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