Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 9
... lands , new men , new thoughts . Let us demand our own works and laws and wor- ship . Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far as to believe that whatever.
... lands , new men , new thoughts . Let us demand our own works and laws and wor- ship . Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far as to believe that whatever.
Page 52
... paints the image in the firmament of the soul ? The relations of parts and the end of the whole remaining the same , what is the difference , whether land and sea inter- act , and worlds revolve and intermingle without number or.
... paints the image in the firmament of the soul ? The relations of parts and the end of the whole remaining the same , what is the difference , whether land and sea inter- act , and worlds revolve and intermingle without number or.
Page 56
... land and the sea , makes them revolve around the axis of his pri- mary thought , and disposes them anew . Possessed himself by a heroic passion , he uses matter as sym- bols of it . The sensual man conforms thoughts to things ; the poet ...
... land and the sea , makes them revolve around the axis of his pri- mary thought , and disposes them anew . Possessed himself by a heroic passion , he uses matter as sym- bols of it . The sensual man conforms thoughts to things ; the poet ...
Page 71
... land- scape , it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata , than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity . I cannot greatly honor minuteness in details , so ...
... land- scape , it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata , than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity . I cannot greatly honor minuteness in details , so ...
Page 79
... land ; or a scholar's garret . Yet line for line and point for point your dominion is as great as theirs , though without fine names . Build therefore your own world . As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind ...
... land ; or a scholar's garret . Yet line for line and point for point your dominion is as great as theirs , though without fine names . Build therefore your own world . As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind ...
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