The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Svazek 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1903 |
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Strana 12
... tion I know not what Berzeliuses and Davys ? Thus we sit by the fire and take hold on the poles of the earth . This quasi omnipresence supplies the imbecility of our condition . In one of those celestial days when heaven and earth meet ...
... tion I know not what Berzeliuses and Davys ? Thus we sit by the fire and take hold on the poles of the earth . This quasi omnipresence supplies the imbecility of our condition . In one of those celestial days when heaven and earth meet ...
Strana 16
... ; as feats of memory , of mathematical combina- tion , great power of abstraction , the transmut- ings of the imagination , even versatility and concentration , - as these acts expose the in- visible 16 REPRESENTATIVE MEN.
... ; as feats of memory , of mathematical combina- tion , great power of abstraction , the transmut- ings of the imagination , even versatility and concentration , - as these acts expose the in- visible 16 REPRESENTATIVE MEN.
Strana 17
... tion , sets free our fancy , and instantly our heads are bathed with galaxies , and our feet tread the floor of the Pit . ' And this benefit is real because we are entitled to these enlargements , and once having passed the bounds shall ...
... tion , sets free our fancy , and instantly our heads are bathed with galaxies , and our feet tread the floor of the Pit . ' And this benefit is real because we are entitled to these enlargements , and once having passed the bounds shall ...
Strana 21
... tion of this price I have paid for a trifling ad- vantage . I remember the peau d'âne on which whoso sat should have his desire , but a piece of the skin was gone for every wish.3 I go to a convention of philanthropists . Do what I can ...
... tion of this price I have paid for a trifling ad- vantage . I remember the peau d'âne on which whoso sat should have his desire , but a piece of the skin was gone for every wish.3 I go to a convention of philanthropists . Do what I can ...
Strana 26
... with our mates , and exult in the depth of nature in that direc- tion in which he leads us . What indemnification is one great man for populations of pigmies ! - Every mother wishes one son a genius , though 26 REPRESENTATIVE MEN.
... with our mates , and exult in the depth of nature in that direc- tion in which he leads us . What indemnification is one great man for populations of pigmies ! - Every mother wishes one son a genius , though 26 REPRESENTATIVE MEN.
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Strana 88 - The loyalty, well held to fools, does make Our faith mere folly: — Yet he that can endure To follow with allegiance a fallen lord, Does conquer him that did his master conquer, And earns a place i
Strana 305 - O friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched, Through thee the rose is red, All things through thee take nobler form And look beyond the earth, The mill-round of our fate appears A sun-path in thy worth. Me too thy nobleness has taught To master my despair ; The fountains of my hidden life Are through thy friendship fair.
Strana 320 - ... souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and not remember of themselves.
Strana 349 - These temples grew as grows the grass; Art might obey, but not surpass. The passive Master lent his hand To the vast soul that o'er him planned; And the same power that reared the shrine Bestrode the tribes that knelt within.
Strana 341 - I will write it, — that there is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you have headache, or sciatica, or leprosy, or thunderstroke, I beseech you by all angels to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning, to which all the housemates bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by corruption and groans.
Strana 14 - He was of an industry and vigilance not to be tired out, or wearied by the most laborious; and of parts not to be imposed upon by the most subtle or sharp; and of a personal courage equal to his best parts...
Strana 339 - Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town; Thou didst betray me to a ling'ring book, And wrap me in a gown. I was entangled in the world of strife, Before I had the power to change my life.
Strana 316 - The gods talk in the breath of the woods, They talk in the shaken pine, And fill the long reach of the old seashore With dialogue divine; And the poet who overhears Some random word they say Is the fated man of men Whom the ages must obey...
Strana 39 - Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated among men of thought.
Strana 6 - He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.