 Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good.  The Teachers of Emerson - Page 277by John Smith Harrison - 1910 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...Prayer that craves a particular commodity, — anything less than all good, — is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity — any thing less than all good, is vicious. /| Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. /fit is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good. But prayer as a means to effect a private end,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...Prayer that craves a particular commodity, — anything less than all good, — is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...effect a private end is meanness and theft. It supposes dualism1 and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 168 pages
...afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. January Sixteenth. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good. January Seventeenth. v January Eighteenth. Insist on yourself; never imitate. January Nineteenth. Society... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity — -anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...But prayer as a means to effect a private end, is theft and meanness. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...miraculous. Prayer that craves a particular commodity, anything less than all good, is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...theft. It supposes dualism and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all... | |
 | 1896 - 374 pages
...Prayer that craves a particular commodity, — anything less than all good, — is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the...effect a private end is meanness and theft. It supposes dualism1 and not unity in nature and consciousness. As soon as the man is at one with God, he will... | |
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