Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 28
... earth , his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant , and , in all his weakness , both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversa- tion with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as ...
... earth , his strength was renewed . Man is the broken giant , and , in all his weakness , both his body and his mind are invigorated by habits of conversa- tion with nature . The power of music , the power of poetry to unfix , and , as ...
Page 29
... earth and of the waters that are under the earth , has contrived to get a footing and to leave the print of its features and form in some one or oth- er of these upright , heaven - facing speakers . Ah ! brother , stop the ebb of thy ...
... earth and of the waters that are under the earth , has contrived to get a footing and to leave the print of its features and form in some one or oth- er of these upright , heaven - facing speakers . Ah ! brother , stop the ebb of thy ...
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... earth . Is there somewhat overweening in this claim ? Then I reject all I have written , for what is the use of pretending to know what we know not ? But it is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without ...
... earth . Is there somewhat overweening in this claim ? Then I reject all I have written , for what is the use of pretending to know what we know not ? But it is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without ...
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... earth . In man- ly hours , we feel that duty is our place . The soul is no traveller ; the wise man stays at home , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home ...
... earth . In man- ly hours , we feel that duty is our place . The soul is no traveller ; the wise man stays at home , and when his necessities , his duties , on any occasion call him from his house , or into foreign lands , he is at home ...
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... Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . 6 Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine ; Stanch COMPENSATION.
... Earth amid the balls That hurry through the eternal halls , A makeweight flying to the void , Supplemental asteroid , Or compensatory spark , Shoots across the neutral Dark . 6 Man's the elm , and Wealth the vine ; Stanch COMPENSATION.
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