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- books.google.comRalph Waldo Emerson - 2009 - 596 pages
The instinct of the mind, the purpose of nature, betrays itself in the use we make
of the signal narrations of history. Time dissipates to shining ether the solid
angularity of facts. No anchor, no cable, no fences avail to keep a fact a fact.
Babylon ... - books.google.com2011 - 210 pages
Ether was part of contemporary science but it caught the literary imagination of a
number of writers. Emerson used ether to express the essential disembodied
truth of history: 'Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts'.32 ... - books.google.comDavid Howell Evans - 2008 - 289 pages
... of the signal narrations of history. time dissipates to shining ether the solid
angularity of facts. no anchor, no cable, no fences, avail to keep a fact a fact.
Babylon, troy, tyre, Palestine, and even early rome are passing already into
fiction” (240). - books.google.comNeal Dolan - 2009 - 341 pages
On the one hand, it is pervaded throughout by language and imagery of fluidity,
mutability, and metamorphosis: "Time dissipates to shining ether the solid
angularity of facts” (E&L 240); "Nature is a mutable cloud, which is always and
never ... - books.google.comThomas M. Allen - 2008 - 275 pages
The lead essay in the collection is entitled “History,” and in it, Emerson reflects
uncertainly that “Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts”—
quite a contrast to the confident optimism of his earlier lecture series on history. - books.google.comThomas M. Allen - 2008 - 275 pages
The lead essay in the collection is entitled “History,” and in it, Emerson reflects
uncertainly that “Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts” —
quite a contrast to the confident optimism of his earlier lecture series on history. - books.google.comRobert Andrews - 1993 - 1092 pages
FACTS 1 Facts can't be recounted; much less twice over, and far less still by
different persons. I've already drummed that thoroughly into ... Time dissipates to
shining ether the solid angularity of facts. RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1 803-82). - books.google.com
Emerson, Ralph Waldo Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of
facts. - Emerson, Ralph Waldo No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I
simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no past at my back. - Emerson, Ralph ... - books.google.comKee Malesky - 2010 - 272 pages
I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to
serve Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts. No anchor, no
cable, no fences avail to keep a fact a fact. —Ralph Waldo Emerson (“History” in ... - books.google.comNicholas Mierzoff - 2005 - 203 pages
One is of the earth, bound by facts and data, while the other is spiritual: Time
dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts. No anchor, no cable, no
fences avail to keep a fact a fact. Babylon, Troy, Tyre, Palestine, and even early
Rome ...