The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures and biographical sketchesHoughton Mifflin, 1904 |
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... stand still , and this man inquired the reason of their halting . The augur showed him a bird , and told him , If that bird remained where he was , it would be better for them all to remain ; if he flew on , they might proceed ; but if ...
... stand still , and this man inquired the reason of their halting . The augur showed him a bird , and told him , If that bird remained where he was , it would be better for them all to remain ; if he flew on , they might proceed ; but if ...
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... stands specially in won- derful relations with men , and forms in the moral world , though not an antagonist , yet a transverse element , so that the former may be called the warp , the latter the woof . For the phenomena which hence ...
... stands specially in won- derful relations with men , and forms in the moral world , though not an antagonist , yet a transverse element , so that the former may be called the warp , the latter the woof . For the phenomena which hence ...
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... stand a slander very well ; indeed on whom events make little or no im- pression , and who can face death with firmness . In short , we dislike every mark of a superficial life and action , and prize whatever mark of a central life ...
... stand a slander very well ; indeed on whom events make little or no im- pression , and who can face death with firmness . In short , we dislike every mark of a superficial life and action , and prize whatever mark of a central life ...
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... be judges , and determine . In the presence of this nobility even genius must stand aside . For the two poles of nature are Beauty and Meanness , and noble . sentiment is the highest form of Beauty . ' He 54 ARISTOCRACY.
... be judges , and determine . In the presence of this nobility even genius must stand aside . For the two poles of nature are Beauty and Meanness , and noble . sentiment is the highest form of Beauty . ' He 54 ARISTOCRACY.
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... stand for that which he was born and set to maintain . It was objected to Gustavus that he did not better distinguish between the duties of a carabine and a general , but exposed himself to all dangers and was too prodigal of a blood so ...
... stand for that which he was born and set to maintain . It was objected to Gustavus that he did not better distinguish between the duties of a carabine and a general , but exposed himself to all dangers and was too prodigal of a blood so ...
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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...