The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1912 |
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Page 29
... astronomy is full of examples of calling in the aid of these magnificent helpers . Thus , on a planet so small as ours , the want of an adequate base for astronomical measurements is early felt , as , for example , in detecting the par ...
... astronomy is full of examples of calling in the aid of these magnificent helpers . Thus , on a planet so small as ours , the want of an adequate base for astronomical measurements is early felt , as , for example , in detecting the par ...
Page 164
... astronomy . ' These tools have some questionable properties . They are reagents . Machinery is aggressive . The weaver becomes a web , the machinist a machine . If you do not use the tools , they use you . All tools are in one sense ...
... astronomy . ' These tools have some questionable properties . They are reagents . Machinery is aggressive . The weaver becomes a web , the machinist a machine . If you do not use the tools , they use you . All tools are in one sense ...
Page 285
... ing , " he proudly adds , " derived from astronomy , which is sure and safe to any one who under- stands it . ' " I Hippocrates in Greece knew how to stay the devouring plague which ravaged Athens in his time , and SUCCESS 285.
... ing , " he proudly adds , " derived from astronomy , which is sure and safe to any one who under- stands it . ' " I Hippocrates in Greece knew how to stay the devouring plague which ravaged Athens in his time , and SUCCESS 285.
Page 300
... astronomy , and existing at last to moral ends and from moral causes . ' The world is not made up to the eye of fig- ures , that is , only half ; it is also made of color . How that element washes the universe with its enchanting waves ...
... astronomy , and existing at last to moral ends and from moral causes . ' The world is not made up to the eye of fig- ures , that is , only half ; it is also made of color . How that element washes the universe with its enchanting waves ...
Page 331
Ralph Waldo Emerson. [ and influence , pleases herself with withdrawing into solitude to astronomy and epistolary corre- spondence . Goethe himself carried this comple- tion of studies to the highest point . Many of his works hung on the ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson. [ and influence , pleases herself with withdrawing into solitude to astronomy and epistolary corre- spondence . Goethe himself carried this comple- tion of studies to the highest point . Many of his works hung on the ...
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