 It is not words only that are emblematic; it is things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting...  Orations, Lectures and Essays - Page 27by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1840 - 586 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symhol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...presenting that natural appearance as its picture. P. 33. This relation between the mind and matter, is not fancied by some poet, but stands in the will... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...the delicate affections. Light and darkness are our familar expression for knowledge and ignorance; and heat for love. Visible distance behind and before... | |
 | 1846 - 602 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact ; every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...presenting that natural appearance as its picture. A cunning man is a fox ; a firm man is a rock ; a learned man is a torch ; light and darkness are our... | |
 | Horatius Bonar - 1847 - 438 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact ; every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...presenting that natural appearance as its picture. A cunning man is a fox ; a firm man is a rock ; a learned man is a torch ; light and darkness are our... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind; and...delicate affections. Light and darkness are our familiar expressions for knowledge and ignorance; and heat for love. Visible distance, behind and before us,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...spite. Flowers express to us the delicate affections. Liglit and darkness are our familiar expression for knowledge and ignorance, and warmth for love. Visible... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...torch. A lamb is innocence; a snake is subtle spite; ilowcrs express to us the delicate affections. Light and darkness are our familiar expressions for... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 406 pages
...facts on which it rests. " Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some. state of the mind,...presenting that natural appearance as its picture." Nature becomes a means of expression for those spiritual truths and experiences which could not otherwise... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in Nature corresponds to some state of the mind ;...described by presenting that natural appearance as a picture. An enraged man is a lion ; a cunning man is a fox ; a firm man is a rock ; a learned man... | |
 | Edward Madeley - 1883 - 768 pages
...things which are emblematic. Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and...torch. A lamb is innocence, a snake is subtle spite. . . . Light and darkness are our familiar expressions for knowledge and ignorance ; and heat for love.... | |
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