 To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.  The American Scholar - Page 71by Theodore Parker - 1907 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - 1927 - 328 pages
...his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly hodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are !... | |
 | 1849 - 206 pages
...his chamber as from society. 1 am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....heavenly worlds will separate between him and vulgar thing». One might t.Ymk that the atmosphere was iiino'e transparent with this design, m give man in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 100 pages
...his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man,... | |
 | 1850 - 426 pages
...his chamber, as from society. I am not weary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But 0 U CE " $fB Ψ M p P O_ Ϝ 5 Oo ' _ m6` $ A .G 8 4 / ΄ j & L xl n 㡶 fs + care between him and vulgar things. One might think.the atmosphere was made transparent with this design,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...-chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man,... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1860 - 702 pages
...the ceiling! So much for Voltaire's prediction ! THE USE OF STARS. One might think the atmosphère was made transparent with this design, to give man,...heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime. — Emenon. HOW TO DO GOOD. Dr. Johnson wisely said, "He •who waits to do a great deal of good at... | |
 | 1862 - 600 pages
...from our prosy tasks into the cool night air, and behold them spread out for the universal vision ! One might think the atmosphere was made transparent...the heavenly bodies the perpetual presence of the tubhme. Seen in the streets of cities, how great they are ! If the Btaru should appear but one night... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with' me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars....those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man,... | |
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