...his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate without loss." 18 Thus Emerson would find the British conquerors in Friel's Translations decidedly...

...concerning language and value with a comment on the loss of ethics that is signified by clichéd language: "The corruption of man is followed by the corruption...is broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires . . . and duplicity and falsehood take place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter...

...standard" of value in the world of objects and thus, the guarantee of its linkage with "natural facts": When simplicity of character and the sovereignty of...broken up by the prevalence of secondary desires.... new imagery ceases to be created, and old words are perverted to stand for things which are not; a...

...power to connect his thoughts with its proper symbol . . . depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth and his desire to...and of praise,— and duplicity and falsehood take the place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of the will is in a degree...

...right words and that right words come from right actions. Although the philosopher acknowledges that "the sovereignty of ideas is broken up by the prevalence...of riches, of pleasure, of power, and of praise," he nevertheless believes that Destiny will lead Americans to discover, occasion by occasion, the true...

...speaks of the very crisis that has been the focus of literary critics' work on money and language: The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. When the simplicity of character and the sovereignty of ideas is broken up by the prevalence of secondary...

...public sphere. As early as Nature, Emerson articulates his fears regarding this form of dual alienation: The corruption of man is followed by the corruption...and of praise, — and duplicity and falsehood take the place of simplicity and truth, . . . old words are perverted to stand for things which are not....

...their own volition souls proceed into heaven, into hell" (77). The unregenerate have lost the light: "When simplicity of character and the sovereignty...and of praise — and duplicity and falsehood take the place of simplicity and truth, the power over nature as an interpreter of will is, in a degree,...

...thought with its proper symbol, and so utter it," he says, "depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth and his desire to...of man is followed by the corruption of language." 129 We eat of the fruit of "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" (ie suffer the rise of ego-consciousness)...