We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.


The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, first series (ed. 1971)


We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.

We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.

We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.

We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.