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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... 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.
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... mind . We 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 ...
... mind . We 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 ...
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... mind , from breathless noon to grimmest midnight . Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece . In good health , the air is a cordial of incredible virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twi ...
... mind , from breathless noon to grimmest midnight . Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece . In good health , the air is a cordial of incredible virtue . Crossing a bare common , in snow puddles , at twi ...
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... mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company , nature is medicinal and restores their tone . The tradesman , the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky and the woods , and is a man again . In ...
... mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company , nature is medicinal and restores their tone . The tradesman , the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky and the woods , and is a man again . In ...
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