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1、ESSAYSbyRalphWaldoEmersonHISTORY-----ThereisnogreatandnosmallTotheSoulthatmakethall:Andwhereitcometh,allthingsare;Anditcometheverywhere.Iamownerofthesphere,Ofthesevenstarsandthesolaryear,OfCaesar'shand,andPlato'sbrain,OfLordChrist'sheart,andShakspeare'sstrain.ESSAYIHistoryThe
2、reisonemindcommontoallindividualmen.Everymanisaninlettothesameandtoallofthesame.Hethatisonceadmittedtotherightofreasonismadeafreemanofthewholeestate.WhatPlatohasthought,hemaythink;whatasainthasfelt,hemayfeel;whatatanytimehasbe-fallenanyman,hecanunderstand.Whohathaccesstothisu
3、niversalmindisapartytoallthatisorcanbedone,forthisistheonlyandsovereignagent.Oftheworksofthismindhistoryistherecord.Itsgeniusisillustratedbytheentireseriesofdays.Manisexplicablebynothinglessthanallhishistory.Withouthurry,withoutrest,thehumanspiritgoesforthfromthebeginningtoem
4、bodyeveryfaculty,everythought,everyemotion,whichbelongstoitinappropriateevents.Butthethoughtisalwayspriortothefact;allthefactsofhistorypreexistinthemindaslaws.Eachlawinturnismadebycircumstancespredominant,andthelimitsofnaturegivepowertobutoneatatime.Amanisthewholeencyclopaedi
5、aoffacts.Thecreationofathousandforestsisinoneacorn,andEgypt,Greece,Rome,Gaul,Britain,America,liefoldedalreadyinthefirstman.Epochafterepoch,camp,kingdom,empire,republic,democracy,aremerelytheapplicationofhismanifoldspirittothemanifoldworld.Thishumanmindwrotehistory,andthismust
6、readit.TheSphinxmustsolveherownriddle.Ifthewholeofhistoryisinoneman,itisalltobeexplainedfromindividualexperience.Thereisarelationbetweenthehoursofourlifeandthecenturiesoftime.AstheairIbreatheisdrawnfromthegreatrepositoriesofnature,asthelightonmybookisyieldedbyastarahundredmil
7、lionsofmilesdistant,asthepoiseofmybodydependsontheequilibriumofcentrifugalandcentripetalforces,sothehoursshouldbeinstructedbytheages,andtheagesexplainedbythehours.Oftheuniversalmindeachindividualmanisonemoreincarnation.Allitspropertiesconsistinhim.Eachnewfactinhisprivateexper
8、ienceflashesalightonwhatgreatbodiesofmenhavedone,andthecrisesofhisli
