Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... beauty , and light the universe with their admonishing smile . The stars awaken a certain reverence , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to ...
... beauty , and light the universe with their admonishing smile . The stars awaken a certain reverence , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to ...
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... beauty . In the wilderness , I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages . In the tranquil landscape , and especially in the distant line of the horizon , man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature . The ...
... beauty . In the wilderness , I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages . In the tranquil landscape , and especially in the distant line of the horizon , man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature . The ...
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... Beauty ; Language ; and Discipline . Under the general name of commodity , I rank all those advantages which our senses owe to na- ture . This , of course , is a benefit which is tempo- rary and mediate , not ultimate , like its service ...
... Beauty ; Language ; and Discipline . Under the general name of commodity , I rank all those advantages which our senses owe to na- ture . This , of course , is a benefit which is tempo- rary and mediate , not ultimate , like its service ...
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... , with the general remark , that this mercenary benefit is one which has re- spect to a farther good . A man is fed , not that he may be fed , but that he may work . 1 CHAPTER III . BEAUTY . A NOBLER want of man 20 COMMODITY .
... , with the general remark , that this mercenary benefit is one which has re- spect to a farther good . A man is fed , not that he may be fed , but that he may work . 1 CHAPTER III . BEAUTY . A NOBLER want of man 20 COMMODITY .
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... Beauty . The ancient Greeks called the world Kóσμos , beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the primary forms , as the sky , the mountain , the tree , the animal , give us a ...
... Beauty . The ancient Greeks called the world Kóσμos , beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the primary forms , as the sky , the mountain , the tree , the animal , give us a ...
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