 | William Henry Hudson - 1893 - 282 pages
...on going back to a mental condition we have outgrown, which I had in the Patagonian solitude ; for I had undoubtedly gone back ; and that state of intense...little, reasons little, having a surer guide in his instinct ; he is in perfect harmony with nature, and is nearly on a level, mentally, with the wild... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1893 - 284 pages
...state of the pure savage. He thinks little, reasons little, having a surer guide in his instinct ; he is in perfect harmony with nature, and is nearly...on, and which in their turn sometimes prey on him. 1 If the plains of Patagonia affect a person in this way, even in a much less degree than in my case,... | |
 | William James - 1899 - 328 pages
.... . . Not once nor twice nor * Quoted by Lotze, Mlcrocosmns, English translation, vol. il. p. 240. thrice, but day after day I returned to this solitude,...on, and which in their turn sometimes prey on him." * For the spectator, such hours as Mr. Hudson writes of form a mere tale of emptiness, in which nothing... | |
 | William James - 1900 - 330 pages
...would take up my aimless wanderings again, and visit other elevations THE PATAGONIAN WILDERNESS 261 to gaze on the same landscape from another point;...represented the mental state of the pure savage. He FELICITY OF THE SENSORIAL LIFE 263 thinks little, reasons little, having a surer guide in his [mere... | |
 | William James - 1900 - 324 pages
...differing in shape from other hills in its neighborhood; and, after a time, I made a point of rinding and using it as a resting-place every day at noon....represented the mental state of the pure savage. He FELICITY OF THE SENSOEIAL LIFE 263 thinks little, reasons little, having a surer guide in his [mere... | |
 | William James - 1900 - 330 pages
...acted unconsciously. Only afterward it seemed to me that, after having rested there once, each tune I wished to rest again, the wish came associated with...on, and which in their turn sometimes prey on him." * For the spectator, such hours as Mr. Hudson writes of form a mere tale of emptiness, in which nothing... | |
 | William James - 1900 - 328 pages
...sometimes going out of my way to sit there, instead of sitting down under any one of the mill. ions of trees and bushes on any other hillside. I thought...represented the mental state of the pure savage. He K.KIJ.C1TY OF THE SENSOK1AL LIFE 263 thinks little, reasons little, having a surer guide in his [mere... | |
 | William James - 1900 - 350 pages
...former self, — to thinking, and the old insipid existence [again]. " I had undoubtedly gone lack ; and that state of intense watchfulness or alertness,...represented the mental state of the pure savage. He FELICITY OF THE SENSORIAL LIFE 263 thinks little, reasons little, having a surer guide in his [mere... | |
 | William James - 1906 - 328 pages
...not even the rustling of a leaf. One day, while listening to the silence, it occurred to my niincl to wonder what the effect would be if I were to shout...on, and which in their turn sometimes prey on him." * For the spectator, such hours as Mr. Hudson writes of form a mere tale of emptiness, in which nothing... | |
 | William James - 1907 - 322 pages
.... . Not once nor twice nor • Quoted by Lotze, Hicrocosmus, English translation, rol. ii. p. 240. thrice, but day after day I returned to this solitude,...on, and which in their turn sometimes prey on him." * For the spectator, such hours as Mr. Hudson writes of form a mere tale of emptiness, in which nothing... | |
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I had undoubtedly gone back; and that state of intense watchfulness or alertness, rather, with suspension of the higher intellectual faculties, represented the mental state of the pure savage. He thinks little, reasons little, having a surer guide in... 
