The Supreme Critic on the errors of the past and the present, and the only prophet of that which must be, is that great nature in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's... The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 218by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| 1842 - 740 pages
...in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that unity, that over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other, &c. &c. ' We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime, within man is the soul... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1842 - 782 pages
...in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere; that unity, that over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other, &c. &c. ' We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime, within man is the soul... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained...overpowering reality which confutes our tricks and talents, aiH constrains every one to pass for what he is, and to speak from his character and not from his tongue... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...in which we rest, as the earth lies in the soft arms of the atmosphere ; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained...that common heart, of which all sincere conversation b the worship, to which all right action is submission ; that overpowering reality which confutes our... | |
| Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - Christianity - 1850 - 578 pages
...the intellect, the ever-present " Ideal" — substance, being, unity, " that unity, that oversoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other." " We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime, within man is the soul of the... | |
| Theology - 1850 - 778 pages
...errors of the past and present is that Great Nature in which we rest ; that Unity, that Over-soul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other." . . . " We live in succession, in division, in parts and particles. Meantime, within man is the Soul... | |
| Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 450 pages
...the intellect, the ever-present " Ideal" — substance, being, unity, " that unity, that oversoul, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other." "We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime, within man is the soul of the... | |
| American periodicals - 1868 - 846 pages
...; ' self-reliance,' to be self-surrender and the living for others; and the 'over-soul,' that unity within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. The essay on the ' Over-Soul ' is the fullest expression which this central idea of his philosophy... | |
| George Willis Cooke - Authors, American - 1881 - 416 pages
...take part with hasty shame against ourselves." * Above the individual man, then, is this Over-soul, " within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all others." It is a " Unity," " the eternal One ; " and " man is the facade of this temple wherein all... | |
| Moncure Daniel Conway - Literary Criticism - 1882 - 402 pages
...passions of every heart and 'brain ; self-reliance to be self-surrender to the Over-soul, that unity within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. The essay on the Over-soul is the fullest expression which this central idea of his philosophy has... | |
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