American Lit 1 Midterm

Quotations from works

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Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Ralph Waldo Emerson,
The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance. Thus; in the soul of man there is a justice whose retributi
Emerson, The Divinity School Address
Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute
Emerson, The Divinity School Address
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it, and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Emerson, The Divinity School Address
Whenever the pulpit is usurped by a formalist, then is the worshipper defrauded and disconsolate. We shrink as soon as the prayers begin, which do not uplift, but smite and offend us. We are fain to wrap our cloaks about us, and secure, as best we can,
Emerson, The Divinity School Address