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Sugarella Posted 20 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Need help for Ralph Waldo Emerson's prose "Beauty"

Can any one do me a favor?

What does the term "Such the constitution of all things, or such the plastic power of the human eye......" mean? I'm confused with the highlighted part of this sentence. This is from the second sentence of the sencond paragraph.

Thank you for helping me.
  

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Such is the constitution of all things, or such the plastic power of the human eye Perhaps it means that the eye is capable of moulding or shaping ordinary things into beautiful things - a bit like a sculptor. I had to find the the prose article and read it. In it, the author said that the structure of the eye and the laws of light combine to make an ordinary thing look beautiful.

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  • In it, the author said that the structure of the eye and the laws of light combine to make an ordinary thing look beautiful.
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Such is the constitution of all things, or such the plastic power of the human eye

Perhaps it means that the eye is capable of moulding or shaping ordinary things into beautiful things - a bit like a sculptor.

I had to find the the prose article and read it. In it, the author said that the structure of the eye and the laws of light combine to make an
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