 I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over from him to me, and some ripeness flavor our intercourse. His goodness must not be a partial and transitory act, but a constant superfluity, which costs him nothing and of which...  Points of View - Page 162by Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1924 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...herb tea for the sick, serve but a humble use and are mostly employed by quacks. I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over...goodness must not be a partial and transitory act, bnt a constant superfluity, which costs him nothing, and of which he is unconscious. This is a charity... | |
 | John Dempster Bell - 1878 - 482 pages
...of miracles, revelation, and the like, as things past, while love remains." " I want the flower and fruit of a man, that some fragrance be wafted over...to me, and some ripeness flavor our intercourse." " The Vedas and their Angas are not so ancient as serene contemplation." " We make conquest only of... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pages
...herb tea for the sick serve but a humble use, and are most employed by quacks. I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over...intercourse. His goodness must not be a partial and transif tory act, but a constant superfluity, which costs him nothing and of which he is unconscious.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1890 - 174 pages
...herb tea for the sick serve but a humble use, and are most employed by quacks. I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over...superfluity, which costs him nothing and of which he is un^ conscious. This is a charity that hides a multitude Of Sins. WALDEN, p. 83. what sad- I believe... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 550 pages
...herb tea for the sick serve but a humble use, and are most employed by quacks. I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over...costs him nothing and of which he is unconscious. This is a charity that hides a multitude of sins. The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...employed by quacks. I want the flower and fruit of a man; juiat some fragrance be wafted over fromnhn to me, and \ some ripeness flavor our intercourse....superfluity, which costs him nothing and of which he is uncon—r scious. } This is a charity that hides a multitude of sins,• The philanthropist too often... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 608 pages
...which arises from goodness tainted." And goodness is tainted when it takes thought of itself. A man's "goodness must not be a partial and transitory act,...costs him nothing, and of which he is unconscious." " If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1899 - 386 pages
...herb tea for the sick, serve but a humble use, and are most employed by quacks. I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over...costs him nothing and of which he is unconscious. This is a charity which hides a multitude of sins. The philanthropist too often surrounds mankind with... | |
 | Orrin Leslie Elliot - 1903 - 204 pages
...get some of his good done to me, some of its virus mingled with my blood. ... I want the flower and fruit of a man ; that some fragrance be wafted over...costs him nothing and of which he is unconscious." It is easy enough to throw money to a beggar; a very different thing to give him one tiny uplift toward... | |
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