 There is no chance and no anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there is he alone with them alone, they pouring on him benedictions and gifts,...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 2371897Full view - About this book
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...god is there sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there he is alone with them alone ; they pouring on him benedictions and gifts, and beckoning up to their thrones. On the instant, and incessantly, fall snowstorms of illusions. He fancies himself... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 468 pages
...is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there is he alone with them alone,...vast crowd which sways this way and that and whose movement and doings he must obey : he fancies himself poor, orphaned, insignificant. The mad crowd... | |
 | Henry Bompas Smith - 1905 - 136 pages
...is system and gradation. Every god is sitting there in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there is he alone with them alone,...thrones. On the instant and incessantly, fall snowstorms and illusions. He fancies himself in a vast crowd which sways this way and that, and whose movement... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1906 - 304 pages
...curtain of initiation; almost he stands like Bmerson's young mortal in the hall of the firmament, — "On the instant, and incessantly, fall snow-storms...himself in a vast crowd which sways this way and that . . . Every moment, new changes, and new showers of deceptions, to baffle and distract him. And when,... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1906 - 302 pages
...curtain of initiation; almost he stands like Emerson's young mortal in the hall of the firmament, — "On the instant, and incessantly, fall snow-storms...himself in a vast crowd which sways this way and that . . . Every moment, new changes, and new showers of deceptions, to baffle and distract 14 him. And... | |
 | Irving Babbitt - 1906 - 24 pages
...god is there sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there he is alone with them alone, they pouring on him benedictions...and gifts and beckoning him up to their thrones. On th ,( ; . nd incessantly fall snow-storms of illusions. He fancies liiuiself in a vast crowd which... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - 1906 - 78 pages
...young mortal enters the hall of the firmament; there he is alone with them alone, they pronouncing on him benedictions and gifts, and beckoning him up...their thrones. On the instant and incessantly fall snow storms of illusions. He fancies himself in a vast crowd which sways this way and that and whose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 326 pages
...is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there is he alone with them alone,...vast crowd which sways this way and that and whose movement and doings he must obey : he fancies himself poor, orphaned, insignificant. The mad crowd... | |
 | John Smith Harrison - 1910 - 348 pages
...sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament; 1 Ibid., VII., 183. 2 p. 506. there is he alone with them alone, they pouring on...vast crowd which sways this way and that and whose movement and doings he must obey; he fancies himself poor, orphaned, insignificant. The mad crowd drives... | |
 | Harold Waldwin Percival - 1915 - 454 pages
...is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. The young mortal enters the hall of the firmament ; there is he alone with them alone,...vast crowd which sways this way and that and whose movement and doings he must obey: he fancies himself poor, orphaned, insignificant. The mad crowd drives... | |
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