| 1854 - 712 pages
...distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disc cannot be appreciated by our Instruments ? Why should I feel lonely ? Is not our planet in the Milky Way ? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space is that... | |
| 1854 - 792 pages
...distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disc cannot be appreciated by onr instruments? Why should I feel lonely ? Is not our planet in the Milky Way ? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space is that... | |
| 1857 - 676 pages
...distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disc cannot be appreciated by our instruments? Why should I feel lonely ? Is not our planet in the Milky "Way ? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. "What sort of space is that... | |
| William Rounseville Alger - 1867 - 420 pages
...— a straining for sensation, not in keeping with his pretence of sufficing repose and greatness : " Why should I feel lonely ? is not our planet in the Milky Way ? " " All that men have said or are, is a very faint rumor ; and it is not worth their while to remember... | |
| Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 pages
...THESE may be but the Spring months in the life of the race. The sun is but a moming-^tar. — Thorcan. I FIND It wholesome to be alone the greater part of...even with the best is soon wearisome and dissipating. 1 love to be ajone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. A man thinking... | |
| Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1879 - 362 pages
...again. Every leaf, bud and pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me." He says, " I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. I love to be alone. I never found the companionship that was so companionable as solitude. A man thinking... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...he bore, — Thor, the Northman. He had a profound passion for the wild, and was happy in solitude: 'I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, U soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was eo companionable... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pages
...distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments ? Why should I feel lonely ? is not our planet in the Milky Way? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space is that which... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pages
...distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments ? Why should I feel lonely ? is not our planet in the Milky Way? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space is that which... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 646 pages
...distant inhabitants of yonder star, the breadth of whose disk cannot be appreciated by our instruments ? Why should I feel lonely ? is not our planet in the Milky Way ? This which you put seems to me not to be the most important question. What sort of space is that... | |
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