The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures and biographical sketchesHoughton Mifflin, 1904 |
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... of his condition , should learn in some moment the tough limitations of this fettering organization . ' It was in this glance that Ovid got the hint of his metamorphoses ; Calidasa of his transmi- gration of souls 6 DEMONOLOGY.
... of his condition , should learn in some moment the tough limitations of this fettering organization . ' It was in this glance that Ovid got the hint of his metamorphoses ; Calidasa of his transmi- gration of souls 6 DEMONOLOGY.
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... souls . For these fables are our own thoughts carried out . ' What keeps those wild tales in circulation for thousands of years ? What but the wild fact to which they suggest some approximation of theory ? Nor is the fact quite solitary ...
... souls . For these fables are our own thoughts carried out . ' What keeps those wild tales in circulation for thousands of years ? What but the wild fact to which they suggest some approximation of theory ? Nor is the fact quite solitary ...
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... soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it , for the event is only the ac- tualizing of its thoughts . It is no wonder that particular dreams and presentiments should fall out and be prophetic . The fallacy ...
... soul contains in itself the event that shall presently befall it , for the event is only the ac- tualizing of its thoughts . It is no wonder that particular dreams and presentiments should fall out and be prophetic . The fallacy ...
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... soul and to all time . Indeed , all productions of man are so anthropomorphous that not possibly can he invent any fable that shall not have a deep moral and be true in senses and to an extent never intended by the inventor . Thus all ...
... soul and to all time . Indeed , all productions of man are so anthropomorphous that not possibly can he invent any fable that shall not have a deep moral and be true in senses and to an extent never intended by the inventor . Thus all ...
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... soul , but interfere and thwart the instructions of their own minds . ' - Coincidences , dreams , animal magnetism , omens , sacred lots , have great interest for some minds . They run into this twilight and say , " There's more than is ...
... soul , but interfere and thwart the instructions of their own minds . ' - Coincidences , dreams , animal magnetism , omens , sacred lots , have great interest for some minds . They run into this twilight and say , " There's more than is ...
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Página 463 - I hearing get, who had but ears, And sight, who had but eyes before; I moments live, who lived but years, And truth discern, who knew but learning's lore.
Página 506 - O for a blast of that dread horn, On Fontarabian echoes borne, That to King Charles did come, When Rowland brave, and Olivier, And every paladin and peer, On Roncesvalles died...
Página 442 - There was somewhat military in his nature not to be subdued, always manly and able, but rarely tender, as if he did not feel himself except in opposition. He wanted a fallacy to expose, a blunder to pillory, I may say, required a little sense of victory, a roll of the drum, to call his powers into full exercise.
Página 542 - Yourself a new-born bard of the Holy Ghost, — cast behind you all conformity, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity.
Página 468 - The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a wood-shed with them.
Página 535 - He spoke of miracles ; for he felt that man's life was a miracle, and all that man doth, and he knew that this daily miracle shines as the character ascends. But the word Miracle, as pronounced by Christian churches, gives a false impression ; it is Monster.
Página 330 - Perhaps they only agreed in having fallen upon Coleridge and Wordsworth and Goethe, then on Carlyle, with pleasure and sympathy. Otherwise, their education and reading were not marked, but had the American superficialness, and their studies were solitary. I suppose all of them were surprised at this rumor of a school or sect, and certainly at the name of Transcendentalism, given nobody knows by whom, or when it was first applied. As these persons became in the common chances of society acquainted...
Página 93 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Página 441 - They make their pride," he said, " in making their dinner cost much ; I make my pride in making my dinner cost little." 1 When asked at table what dish he preferred, he answered,
Página 505 - So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can...