Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 13
... because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their influence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wis- est NATURE.
... because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their influence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wis- est NATURE.
Page 14
... mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cutter , from the tree of the poet . The charming landscape which I saw this morning is indubitably ...
... mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cutter , from the tree of the poet . The charming landscape which I saw this morning is indubitably ...
Page 16
... mean egotism vanishes . I become a transparent eye - ball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or parcel of God . The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and ...
... mean egotism vanishes . I become a transparent eye - ball ; I am nothing ; I see all ; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me ; I am part or parcel of God . The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and ...
Page 19
... means of steam , he realizes the fable of Eolus's bag , and carries the two and thirty winds in the boiler of his boat . To diminish fric- tion , he paves the road with iron bars , and , mount- ing a coach with a ship - load of men ...
... means of steam , he realizes the fable of Eolus's bag , and carries the two and thirty winds in the boiler of his boat . To diminish fric- tion , he paves the road with iron bars , and , mount- ing a coach with a ship - load of men ...
Page 21
... mean and unaffecting , the landscape which they compose is round and sym- metrical . And as the eye is the best composer , so light is the first of painters . There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful . And ...
... mean and unaffecting , the landscape which they compose is round and sym- metrical . And as the eye is the best composer , so light is the first of painters . There is no object so foul that intense light will not make beautiful . And ...
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