Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 11
... , a little chipping , baking , patching , and washing , that in an impression so grand as that of the world on the human mind , they do not vary the result . NATURE . CHAPTER I. To go into solitude , a INTRODUCTION . 11.
... , a little chipping , baking , patching , and washing , that in an impression so grand as that of the world on the human mind , they do not vary the result . NATURE . CHAPTER I. To go into solitude , a INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... human race run on his errands ; to the book - shop , and the human race read and write of all that hap- pens , for him ; to the court - house , and nations re- pair his wrongs . He sets his house upon the road , and the human race go ...
... human race run on his errands ; to the book - shop , and the human race read and write of all that hap- pens , for him ; to the court - house , and nations re- pair his wrongs . He sets his house upon the road , and the human race go ...
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... human eye , that the primary forms , as the sky , the mountain , the tree , the animal , give us a delight in and for them- selves ; a pleasure arising from outline , color , mo- tion , and grouping . This seems partly owing to the eye ...
... human eye , that the primary forms , as the sky , the mountain , the tree , the animal , give us a delight in and for them- selves ; a pleasure arising from outline , color , mo- tion , and grouping . This seems partly owing to the eye ...
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... human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful Every heroic act is also decent , and causes he place and the bystanders to shine . We are great actions +1 very individ nature ill . universe is ...
... human will . Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue . Every natural action is graceful Every heroic act is also decent , and causes he place and the bystanders to shine . We are great actions +1 very individ nature ill . universe is ...
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... humanity . A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world . It is the result or expression of nature , in miniature . For although the works of nature are innumerable and all different , the result or the expression of them all is ...
... humanity . A work of art is an abstract or epitome of the world . It is the result or expression of nature , in miniature . For although the works of nature are innumerable and all different , the result or the expression of them all is ...
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