Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... cities , how great they are ! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years , how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown ! But every night come ...
... cities , how great they are ! If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years , how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown ! But every night come ...
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... eagle or a swallow through the air . By the aggregate of these aids , how is the face of the world changed , from the era of Noah to that of Napoleon ! The private poor man hath cities , ships , canals , COMMODITY . 19.
... eagle or a swallow through the air . By the aggregate of these aids , how is the face of the world changed , from the era of Noah to that of Napoleon ! The private poor man hath cities , ships , canals , COMMODITY . 19.
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Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. private poor man hath cities , ships , canals , bridges , built for him . He goes to the post - office , and the human race run on his errands ; to the book - shop , and the human race read ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. private poor man hath cities , ships , canals , bridges , built for him . He goes to the post - office , and the human race run on his errands ; to the book - shop , and the human race read ...
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... cities suppose that the coun- try landscape is pleasant only half the year . I please myself with the graces of the winter scen- ery , and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer . To the at ...
... cities suppose that the coun- try landscape is pleasant only half the year . I please myself with the graces of the winter scen- ery , and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer . To the at ...
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... through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country - life possesses , for a powerful mind , over the - artificial and curtailed life of cities . We know 36 LANGUAGE .
... through the instruments he has already made . These facts may suggest the advantage which the country - life possesses , for a powerful mind , over the - artificial and curtailed life of cities . We know 36 LANGUAGE .
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