E021

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E021 Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  Thenewstatementwillcomprisetheskepticisms,aswellasthefaithsofsociety,andoutofunbeliefsacreedshallbeformed。

  For,skepticismsarenotgratuitousorlawless,butarelimitationsoftheaffirmativestatement,andthenewphilosophymusttakethemin,andmakeaffirmationsout-sideofthem,justasmuchasitmustincludetheoldestbeliefs。

  Itisveryunhappy,buttoolatetobehelped,thediscoverywehavemade,thatweexist。ThatdiscoveryiscalledtheFallofMan。

  Everafterwards,wesuspectourinstruments。Wehavelearnedthatwedonotseedirectly,butmediately,andthatwehavenomeansofcorrectingthesecoloredanddistortinglenseswhichweare,orofcomputingtheamountoftheirerrors。Perhapsthesesubject-lenseshaveacreativepower;perhapstherearenoobjects。Oncewelivedinwhatwesaw;now,therapaciousnessofthisnewpower,whichthreatenstoabsorballthings,engagesus。Nature,art,persons,letters,religions,——objects,successivelytumblein,andGodisbutoneofitsideas。Natureandliteraturearesubjectivephenomena;everyevilandeverygoodthingisashadowwhichwecast。

  Thestreetisfullofhumiliationstotheproud。Asthefopcontrivedtodresshisbailiffsinhislivery,andmakethemwaitonhisguestsattable,sothechagrinswhichthebadheartgivesoffasbubbles,atoncetakeformasladiesandgentlemeninthestreet,shopmenorbarkeepersinhotels,andthreatenorinsultwhateveristhreatenableandinsultableinus。\'Tisthesamewithouridolatries。Peopleforgetthatitistheeyewhichmakesthehorizon,andtheroundingmind\'seyewhichmakesthisorthatmanatypeorrepresentativeofhumanitywiththenameofheroorsaint。

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