 It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote; but to lead us to regard nature as a phenomenon, not a substance; to attribute necessary existence to spirit;...  Complete Works - Page 56by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Woodbridge Riley - 2005 - 453 pages
...acquiesce entirely in the permanence of natural laws, the question of the absolute existence of nature remains open. It is the uniform. effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake oar faith in the stability of particular phenomena, as of heat, water, azote ; but to lead us to regard... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2006 - 98 pages
...stain? how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? But whilst we acquiesce entirely in the permanence...absolute existence of nature, still remains open. The river, as it flows, resembles the air that flows over it; the air resembles the light which traverses... | |
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