Standing on the bare ground,—my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space,—all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature

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Pantheism Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Nature

Language

English

Time

1836 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Nature. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1836, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Nature." Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures. Library of America, 1983, ch. 1.

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Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, all flock to their aid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Literary Ethics
Medium
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Time
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Literary Ethics." 24 July 1838, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

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The time will come when this universe and nature herself will be no more. And just as of very great human kingdoms and empires and of their marvelous exploits, which were so very famous in other ages, there remains no sign of fame whatsoever, so too of the entire world, and of the infinite vicissitudes and calamities of all created things, no single trace will remain, but a naked silence and a most profound quiet will fill the immensity of space. Thus, this stupendous and frightening mystery of universal existence, before it can be declared or understood, will vanish and be lost.

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Death of the universe The universe

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Giacomo Leopardi
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The Song of the Wild Rooster Operette Morali
Language
Italian
Time
1835 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Leopardi, Giacomo. "Cantico del gallo silvestre [Song of the Wild Rooster]." Operette morali [Small Moral Works]. Naples: Presso Saverio Starita, 1835.

Current Citation

Leopardi, Giacomo. "Song of the Great Wild Rooster." Operette Morali: Essays and Dialogues. University of California Press, 1983.

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We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

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Mother Teresa
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A Gift for God
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1975 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Mother Teresa. A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations. Harper & Row, 1975.