Ralph Waldo EmersonAmerican Unitarian Association, 1899 - 135 páginas |
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Página 57 - Thy smiling band of arts, thy godlike sires Of civil wisdom, thy heroic youth Warm from the schools of glory. Guide my way Through fair Lyceum's walk, the green retreats Of Academus, and the thymy vale, Where, oft enchanted with Socratic sounds, Ilissus pure devolv'd his tuneful stream In gentler murmurs. From the blooming store Of these auspicious fields, may I unblam'd Transplant some living blossoms to adorn My native clime...
Página 111 - Nature is never more truly herself, than in her grandest forms. The Apollo of Belvedere (if the universal robber has yet left him at Belvedere) is as much in nature, as any figure from the pencil of Rembrandt, or any clown in the rustic revels of Teniers.
Página 109 - If thou beest not at variance, by speaking falsely, with Yama, the subduer of all, with Vaivaswata the punisher, with that great Divinity who dwells in thy breast, — go not on a pilgrimage to the river Ganga, nor to the plains of Curu, for thou hast no need of expiation — Ch.
Página 21 - Diodati as enamoured of moral perfection. He did not love it more than I. That which I cannot yet declare has been my angel from childhood until now. It has separated me from men. It has watered my pillow, it has driven sleep from my bed. It has tortured me for my guilt. It has inspired me with hope. It cannot be defeated by my defeats. It cannot be questioned, though all the martyrs apostatize. It is always the glory that shall be revealed; it is the "open secret...
Página 44 - Bottomless imbeciles ought not to be seen in company with Ralph Waldo Emerson, who has already men listening to him on this side of the water. The " Tail" has an individual or two of that genus, — and the rest is mainly yet undecided.
Página 44 - I knew old myself; and can testify, if you will believe me, that few greater blockheads (if " blockhead " may mean " exasperated imbecile " and the ninth part of a thinker) broke the world's bread in his day. Have a care of such!
Página 16 - I did not know he was so fine a fellow. And now if something will fall out amiss — if he should be unpopular with his class, or his father should fail in business, or if some other misfortune can befall him — all will be well.
Página 20 - What is this they say about wanting mathematical certainty for moral truths ? I have always affirmed they had it. Yet they ask me whether I know the soul immortal. No. But do I not know the Now to be eternal?
Página 21 - Milton describes himself in his letter to Diodati as enamoured of moral perfection. He did not love it more than I. That which I cannot yet declare has been my angel from childhood until now. It has separated me from men. It has watered my pillow. It has driven sleep from my bed. It has tortured me for my guilt. It has inspired me with hope.
Página 118 - There is another distinguishing feature in morals which deserves notice, and which bears some analogy to the last,— that a series of humble efforts is more meritorious than solitary miracles of virtue. The former are unpretending and unnoticed, opposing more obstacles to pursuit with less outside honor to allure imitation ; the latter excite applause, and as their occasions necessarily occur seldom, are of less utility to the general welfare. For example, the patience of an obscure individual who...