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" The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, Night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ; ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and... "
The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 19
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pages
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The Boston Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1838 - 536 pages
...instructs. Him the future invites." The scholar's first teacher is nature. " What is nature to him ? There is never an end to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself." " Classification begins ; and what is classification but perceiving that...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...first in importance of the influences upon the mind, is that of Nature. Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow;...women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar must needs stand wistful and admiring before this great spectacle. He must settle its value in his...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of Nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow;...women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar must needs stand wistful and admiring before this great spectacle. He must settle its value in his...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ;...continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself. Therein it resembles his own spirit, whose beginning, whose ending, he...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow j ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing,...continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself. Therein it resembles his own spirit, whose beginning, whose ending, he...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. \ Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ;...continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself. Therein it resembles his own spirit, whose beginning, whose ending, he...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ;...continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself. Therein it resembles his own spirit, whose beginning, whose ending, he...
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Miscellanies, Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 pages
...first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. • Ever the winds blow...to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, bulTalways circular power returning into itself. Therein it resembles his own spirit, whose beginning,...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of Nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ;...women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar must needs stand wistful and admiring before this great spectacle. He must settle its value in his...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the v' sun ; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ;...conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar is he of all mcu whom this spectacle most engages. He must settle its value ' in his mind. What is nature to him...
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