The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lecturesHoughton, Mifflin, 1854 |
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... become a more skilful gardener and rely on his planting . He mentions the discovery that " if you put one potato in the ground you found ten , the true miracle of the loaves and fishes . " For thirty years thereafter the official doors ...
... become a more skilful gardener and rely on his planting . He mentions the discovery that " if you put one potato in the ground you found ten , the true miracle of the loaves and fishes . " For thirty years thereafter the official doors ...
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... becomes part of his daily food . In the presence of nature a wild delight runs through the man , in spite of real sorrows . Nature says , — he is my creature , and maugre all his impertinent griefs , he shall be glad with me . Not the ...
... becomes part of his daily food . In the presence of nature a wild delight runs through the man , in spite of real sorrows . Nature says , — he is my creature , and maugre all his impertinent griefs , he shall be glad with me . Not the ...
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... become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or parcel of God . ' The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and acciden- tal : to be brothers ...
... become a transparent eyeball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or parcel of God . ' The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and acciden- tal : to be brothers ...
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... become spires of flame in the sunset , with the blue east for their background , and the stars of the dead calices of flowers , and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost , contribute something to the mute music . The ...
... become spires of flame in the sunset , with the blue east for their background , and the stars of the dead calices of flowers , and every withered stem and stubble rimed with frost , contribute something to the mute music . The ...
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... become shows merely , and mock us with their unreality , Go out of the house to see the moon , and ' tis mere tinsel ; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey . The beauty that shimmers in the yellow ...
... become shows merely , and mock us with their unreality , Go out of the house to see the moon , and ' tis mere tinsel ; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey . The beauty that shimmers in the yellow ...
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