 Emerson has little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul, which the churches call Sin, and which, by whatever name we call it, is a very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man.  Journal: The Journal Intime - Page 355by Henri Frédéric Amiel - 1895Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1884 - 398 pages
...plays his piteous part. In like manner, Emerson has little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul, which the churches call Sin, and which,...very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man. He had no eye, like Dante's, for the vileness, the cruelty, the utter despicableness to which humanitymay... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 410 pages
...like manner, Emerson has little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul, which tho churches call Sin, and which, by whatever name we...very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man. Ho had no eye, like Dante's, for the vileness, tho cruelty, the uUerdespicablencss to which humanity... | |
 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 560 pages
...points out, has almost nothing to say of death, and ' little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul which the churches call sin, and which,...is a very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man;—the courses of nature, and the prodigious injustices of man in society affect him with neither... | |
 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 560 pages
...say of death, and ' little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul which the churehes call sin, and which, by whatever name we call it, is a very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man;—the courses of nature, and the prodigious injustices of man in society affect him with neither... | |
 | Henri Frédéric Amiel - Authors, Swiss - 1885 - 588 pages
...points out, has almost nothmg to say of death, and ' little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul which the churches call sin, and which, by whatever nanu we call it, is a very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man; — the courses of nature,... | |
 | William Roscoe Thayer - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) - 1886 - 34 pages
...brought the charge against Emerson " that he has little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul which the churches call Sin, and which,...very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man. He had 110 eye, like Dante's, for the vileness, the cruelty, the utter despicableness to which humanity... | |
 | James Elliot Cabot - 1887 - 536 pages
...perhaps comes to the same thing: — " Emerson has little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul, which the churches call Sin, and which,...very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man. He had no eye, like Dante's, for the vileness, the cruelty, the titter despicableness to which humanity... | |
 | James Elliot Cabot - 1888 - 410 pages
...perhaps comes to the same thing: — " Emerson has little to say of that horrid burden and impediment on the soul, which the churches call Sin, and which, by whatever name we call it, is,JLvery^ealj!atastrophe in the moral nature of man. He had no eye, like Dante's, for the vileness,... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - English - 1889 - 498 pages
...let us hope, as they did, " that horrid burden and impediment on the soul," as Morley describes it, "which the Churches call Sin, and which, by whatever...very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man." Of the literary influences which consist chiefly in giving aesthetic pleasure, that of poetry maintains... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - English - 1889 - 504 pages
...let us hope, as they did, " that horrid burden and impediment on the soul," as Morley describes it, "which the -Churches call Sin, and which, by whatever...very real catastrophe in the moral nature of man." Of the literary influences which consist chiefly in giving aesthetic pleasure, that of poetry maintains... | |
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