Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 17
... less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population . VOL . I. 2 CHAPTER II . COMMODITY . WHOEVER considers the final cause NATURE . 17.
... less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population . VOL . I. 2 CHAPTER II . COMMODITY . WHOEVER considers the final cause NATURE . 17.
Page 23
... less excellent , except for our less suscep- tibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last even- ing , of a January sunset . The western clouds divided and subdivided themselves into pink flakes modulated with tints of unspeakable ...
... less excellent , except for our less suscep- tibility in the afternoon , was the charm , last even- ing , of a January sunset . The western clouds divided and subdivided themselves into pink flakes modulated with tints of unspeakable ...
Page 36
... less luminous arises in his mind , contemporaneous with every thought , which furnishes the vestment of the thought . Hence , good writing and brilliant discourse are perpetual alle- gories . This imagery is spontaneous . It is the ...
... less luminous arises in his mind , contemporaneous with every thought , which furnishes the vestment of the thought . Hence , good writing and brilliant discourse are perpetual alle- gories . This imagery is spontaneous . It is the ...
Page 45
... less , because Time and Space relations vanish as laws are known . Here again we are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored . " What we know is a point to what we do not know . " Open any recent journal of ...
... less , because Time and Space relations vanish as laws are known . Here again we are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored . " What we know is a point to what we do not know . " Open any recent journal of ...
Page 49
... less of heat from the river that wears it away . The river , as it flows , resembles the air that flows over it ; the air resem- bles the light which traverses it with more subtile currents ; the light resembles the heat which rides ...
... less of heat from the river that wears it away . The river , as it flows , resembles the air that flows over it ; the air resem- bles the light which traverses it with more subtile currents ; the light resembles the heat which rides ...
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