The Supreme Critic on fhe errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet of that which must be, is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's... Essays, First Series - Page 246by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1897 - 876 pages
...being." In "The Over Soul" he reveals the individual in the universal : "The Supreme Critic on all the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet...the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over Soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all." It matters... | |
| P. Wilson - 1898 - 296 pages
...same time stimulating, doctrines, is that of the Over-Soul—that Unity—that Common Heart—that great Nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere—that unseen Source, whence flows that wondrous river which brings to men their best thoughts.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...in the attitude of reception, but from some alien energy the visions come. The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet...the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, that Over - soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other; that... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 pages
...in the attitude of reception, but from some alien energy the visions come. The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet...the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over -soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other ; that... | |
| Henry Augustin Beers - 1904 - 280 pages
...cause, begins. We lie open on one side to the deeps of spiritual nature, to the attributes of God." " That great nature in which we rest as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere." We have now answered the three questions with which we set out, and have found that Emerson's conception... | |
| L. Dhaleine - 1905 - 522 pages
...Nature vient toujours, subtile comme l'air, envelopper les grandes actions. i That Unity, that ovenoul, within which every man's particular being is contained...of which all sincere conversation is the worship, lo which all right action is submission ; that overpowering reality which confutes our tricks and talents,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 200 pages
...short and all-confounding pleasure, instead of the pure nectar of God. THE Supreme Critic on all the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet...the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere. converse with what is above us, we do not grow old, but grow young. RECTITUDE is a perpetual victory,... | |
| William Mills Ivins - 1906 - 84 pages
...of the race or the people, and being its expression to the rest of mankind, — a separate part of "that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's...particular being is contained and made one with all other." Bismarck, in the fulness of wisdom, understood the value of the knowledge of this, and declared that... | |
| William Ralph Inge - 1907 - 210 pages
...to all students of Emerson, under the name of the Over-soul. The Over-soul is his name for the unity within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all others, " the common heart of which all sincere conversation is the worship, to which all right action... | |
| Charles Johnston - 1908 - 220 pages
...... Of the works of this mind, history is the record. . . ." And again: "The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet...particular being is contained and made one with all others; that common heart, of which all sincere conversation is the worship. . . ." Throughout this... | |
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