...method illusion !" And thus, " If our bark sink, 'tis only to a deeper sea." " Belief," says Emerson, " consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them. " Pretty comprehensive this ; but whose soul ? My soul, your soul, any soul — what we affirm is the...

...method illusion !" And thus, " If our bark sink, 'tis only to a deeper sea." " Belief," says Emerson, " consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them." Pretty comprehensive this ; but whose soul ? My soul, your soul, any soul — what we affirm is the...

...will find him a firm believer in the fundamental principles of the Universe. We find him saying that " Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the...are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess fo entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common discourse of their company. They...

...trade, farming, war, hunger, plenty, love, hatred, doubt, and terror, to make things plain to him; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced...affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Som<; minds are incapable of skepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility...

...Christian, and employs the language of the Bible to enforce his logic. " Belief," says Mr. Emerson, " consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them." Hence every man's belief is his truth, and belief is "constitutional ; " sin is a " defect," but not...

...trade, farming, war, hunger, plenty, love, hatred, doubt, and terror, to make things- plain to him; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced in his own way 1 When he is convinced, he will be worth the pains. Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of...

...trade, farming, war, hunger, plenty, love, hatred, doubt, and terror, to make things plain to him ; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced in his own way 1 When he is convinced, he will be worth the pains. Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of...

...trade, farming, war, hunger, plenty, love, hatred, doubt, and terror, to make things plain to him ; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced...unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of scepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common...

...trade, farming, war, hunger, plenty, love, hatred, doubt, and terror, to make things plain to him ; and has he not a right to insist on being convinced...unbelief, in denying them. Some minds are incapable of scepticism. The doubts they profess to entertain are rather a civility or accommodation to the common...

...catechism, and wants a rougher instruction to make things plain to him ? And has he not a right to be convinced in his own way ? When he is convinced he will be worth the pains." Montaigne, as we read him, was never much vexed with any of these doubts and questionings ; or, if...