Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 14
... hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . When we speak of nature in this manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural ...
... hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . When we speak of nature in this manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural ...
Page 22
... as we can see far enough . But in other hours , Nature satisfies by its loveli- ness , and without any mixture of corporeal benefit . I see the spectacle of morning from the hill - top over against my house , from day - break to 22 BEAUTY .
... as we can see far enough . But in other hours , Nature satisfies by its loveli- ness , and without any mixture of corporeal benefit . I see the spectacle of morning from the hill - top over against my house , from day - break to 22 BEAUTY .
Page 24
... hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment ... hours , will make even the divisions of the day sensible to a keen observer . The tribes of birds and insects , like ...
... hour , a picture which was never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment ... hours , will make even the divisions of the day sensible to a keen observer . The tribes of birds and insects , like ...
Page 32
... hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things ? Throw a stone into the stream , and the circles that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence . Man is conscious of a universal soul within 32 LANGUAGE .
... hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things ? Throw a stone into the stream , and the circles that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence . Man is conscious of a universal soul within 32 LANGUAGE .
Page 37
... hour of revolu- tion , these solemn images shall reappear in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines ...
... hour of revolu- tion , these solemn images shall reappear in their morning lustre , as fit symbols and words of the thoughts which the passing events shall awaken . At the call of a noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines ...
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