Emerson, His Life and WritingsHolyoake & Company, 1855 - 48 páginas |
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America beautiful believe in God-rely Boston brave breath Carlyle Channing CHARLES SUMNER Christianity churches command Daniel Webster dare describes as Babe-like discourse divine doctrine dogmas earnestly for food eloquence EMERSON is unquestionably England enthusiasm Epictetus essays eternal eyes faith fire flame like swords found them bones genius German Idealism GIFT goes direct hand heart heaven Hence human soul Illuminati individual Jonathan Edwards judgement justice laws learning lectures light literary literature live Madame de Stael manner Manse Margaret Fuller Merrimack Rivers modern teacher moral Novalis orator person philosophers Plato Plotinus prattling from age priest Protestantism pure Puritan RALPH WALDO EMERSON revelation rich sacred says scholars of Dartmouth secrets whereby Emerson's spirit at first-hand spiritual independence startling sublime SUMNER CLASS Swedenborg things thinker Thoreau thought tion Transcendentalism Transcendentalist true inspiration abides trust truth Unitarian universe virtue wisdom words young
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Página 16 - Reason which will bear to be taught by the Understanding. The understanding caught this high chant from the poet's lips, and said, in the next age, 'This was Jehovah come down out of heaven. I will kill you, if you say he was a man.
Página 16 - Historical Christianity has fallen into the error that corrupts all attempts to communicate religion. As it appears to us, and as it has appeared for ages, it is not the doctrine of the soul, but an exaggeration of the personal, the positive, the ritual. It has dwelt, it dwells, with noxious exaggeration about the person of Jesus.