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Later, we find that Emerson reached perfect poise in the thought that whai is lost in God is in God-head found. Never was he more confident than when he wrote, " Wilt thou not ope thy heart to know What rainbows teach, and sunsets show? Verdict which accumulates From lengthening scroll of human fates. Voice of earth to earth returned, Prayers of saints that inly burned — Saying, What is excellent, As God lives, is permanent; Hearts are dust, hearts' love remains Heart's love will meet thee agai...n." The philosophy and the religion of Emerson received a great deal of adverse criticism during his lifetime, nor have they yet ceased to be targets for many a flying shaft. In all the years, however, there has scarcely a single arrow of contempt or ridicule or spite been aimed at Emerson himself. More than once it happened when he was on his lecturing tours that one who came to scoff remained, 68 Religion in American Poetry in a very literal sense, to pray. Ministers who felt that they could not invite him to address their people, openly spoke of him as an example to their flock.
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