...subserve humanity (Buell 1995, p. 116). Emerson's judgment that "Nature ... is made to serve" and that it "receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode" (Emerson 1983a, p. 28) can hardly be more anti-Thoreauvian in sentiment. Thoreau was, of course, to...

...it teaches the lesson of power: man can reduce all things under his will, for "nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion...man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode." Human reason gradually converts all the kingdoms of nature to the single kingdom of his will, "until...

...see trouble and darkness ... and they will be driven into darkness." Isaiah 8:19-21. "The world ... receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Savior rode.... More and more, with every thought, does his kingdom stretch over things, until the...

...he identifies with. Emerson, once again, described this passivity very well: "Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Savior rode." But the "dominion of man" should be respectful. He should learn, like Isaac, to take...

...taught in every event." Man is able to "conform all facts to his character" because Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion...raw material which he may mould into what is useful. . . . He forges the subtile and delicate air into wise and melodious words, and gives them wings as...

...activity.2 In another mood, equally reassuring, he says something exactly different. Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode.3 Obviously the serenity of Emerson's spirit demanded that he acknowledge the power on both sides...

...his character." Nor was Emerson shy about the sheer baldness of the statement: "Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion...man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode." If we follow the moral logic of the equation, Emerson was connecting human will to a higher source...

...ein Dezisionismus zur Ausschöpfung aller Machtpotentiale über die Dinge. „Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Savior rode. It offers all its kingdoms to man as the raw materials which he may mould into what is...

...ein Dezisionismus zur Ausschöpfung aller Machtpotentiale über die Dinge. „Nature is thoroughly mediate. It is made to serve. It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Savior rode. It offers all its kingdoms to man as the raw materials which he may mould into what is...