 | 1882 - 592 pages
...Who made all things, and therefore all things for one another. THE SEARCH. BY ANNIE K. HOLDSWORTH. ' On the brink of the waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying.'—EMBRSOT. WE seek the fuller life and truth, and Because their form is hid from wee P blinded... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...philosophy, our religion, in our opulence. There is good reason why we should prize this liberation. bell at noon, Deems not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists with delight. Whilst The inaccessibleness of every thought but that we are in, is wonderful. What if you come near to it,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 282 pages
...philosophy, our religion, in our opulence. There is good reason why we should prize this liberation. The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost...waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying. The inaccessibleness of every thought but that we are in, is wonderful. What if you come near to it... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1884 - 524 pages
...ascend ; there the whole scene changes." The good we need is ever close to us, though we attain it not. "On the brink of the waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying." This good is close to us, moreover, in our daily life, and in the familiar, homely places. "The unremitting... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...philosophy, our religion, in our opulence. There is good reason why we should prize this liberation. The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost...waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying. The inaccessibleness of every thought but that we are in, is wonderful. What if you come near to it... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...travelling ; but it is sore work, and many have to perish, fashioning a way through the impassable. Cariyle. On the brink of the waters of life and truth we are miserably dying. Emerson. 10 On the day of the resurrection, those who have indulged in ridicule will be called to the... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 460 pages
...there the whole scene changes." The good we need is for ever close to us, though we attain it not. '' On the brink of the waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying." This good is close to us, moreover, in our daily life, and in the familiar, homely 5 places, r' The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 376 pages
...philosophy, our religion, in our opulence. There is good reason why we should prize this liberation. The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost...waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying. The inaccessibleness of every thought but that we are in, is wonderful. What if you come near to it... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 386 pages
...prize this liberation. The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost in the snow-storm,perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door,...waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying. The inaccessibleness of every thought but that we are in, is wonderful. What if you come near to it;... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 404 pages
...there the whole scene changes.' The good we need is for ever close to us, though we attain it not. ' On the brink of the waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying.' This good is close to us, moreover, in our daily life, and in the familiar, homely places. ' The unremitting... | |
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The fate of the poor shepherd, who, blinded and lost in the snow-storm, perishes in a drift within a few feet of his cottage door, is an emblem of the state of man. On the brink of the waters of life and truth, we are miserably dying. 
