But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature... Essays: First Series - Page 59by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. There is no time to it. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...too lives with nature in the present, above time. 24. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless... | |
| 1848 - 614 pages
...is no time to them. There is simply the rose, — perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments tha past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...is no time to them. There is simply the rose, — perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...too, lives with nature in the present, above time." Surely these quotations alone — which we have made with the additional motive of introducing at once... | |
| Charles Chauncey Burr - 1848 - 380 pages
...nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. There is no time to it. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lies witb nature in the present, above time. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects... | |
| 1848 - 636 pages
...is no time to them. There is simply the rose — perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye lamenta the past, or, heedless of the riches thai surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future.... | |
| 1850 - 524 pages
...no time to them — there is simply the rose : it is perfect every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future, lie cannot be happy and strong, until he, too, lives with nature in the present time." Now, whilst... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on titpoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on titpoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Its nature is satisfied and it satisfies nature in all moments alike. There is no time to it But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but with riveted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tip-toe to foresee... | |
| George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 506 pages
...former roses, or to better ones ; they are for what they are ; they exist with God to day." " But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present,...surround him, stands on tip-toe to foresee the future." This idealistic philosopher and Titian thinker is not sanguine in his hopes of progress. He has the... | |
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