 We cannot part with our friends. We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out that archangels may come in. We are idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not...  Essays: First Series - Page 103by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lewis George Janes - 1901 - 200 pages
...longings for the happy days that are no more. Again let Emerson teach us the way of sanity and health : " We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...spirit can feed, cover and nerve us again. We cannot find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 448 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, " Up and onward forevermore ! >' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 464 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, ' Up and onward for evermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 104 pages
...idolators of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to rival or recreate that v beautiful yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, ' Up and onward for evermore ! ' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the... | |
 | 1905 - 600 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, •Up and onward for evermore !' We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 50 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...spirit can feed, cover, and nerve us again. We cannot find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...yesterday. We linger in the ruins of the old tent where 20 once we had bread and shelter and organs, nor believe that the spirit can feed, cover, and nerve... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...idolaters of the old. We do not believe in the riches of the soul, in its proper eternity and omnipresence. We do not believe there is any force in to-day to...we sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty saith, " Up and onward forevermore ! " We cannot stay amid the ruins. Neither will we rely on the New... | |
 | Marian Hurd McNeely, Jean Bingham Wilson - 1909 - 312 pages
...friends. We cannot let our angels go. We do not see that they only go out that archangels may come in. ... We cannot again find aught so dear, so sweet, so graceful. But we sit and weep in vain. . . . The death of a dear . . . brother . . . breaks up a wonted occupation, or a household. . . . But . . .... | |
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