Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 22
... see far enough . But in other hours , Nature satisfies by its loveli- ness , and without any mixture of corporeal benefit . I see the spectacle of morning from the hill - top over against my house , from day - break to 22 BEAUTY .
... see far enough . But in other hours , Nature satisfies by its loveli- ness , and without any mixture of corporeal benefit . I see the spectacle of morning from the hill - top over against my house , from day - break to 22 BEAUTY .
Page 79
... ness of nature is the absence of spirit ; to pure spirit it is fluid , it is volatile , it is obedient . Every spirit builds itself a house and beyond its house a world and beyond its world a heaven . Know then that the world exists for ...
... ness of nature is the absence of spirit ; to pure spirit it is fluid , it is volatile , it is obedient . Every spirit builds itself a house and beyond its house a world and beyond its world a heaven . Know then that the world exists for ...
Page 90
... ness which attaches to the act of creation , the act of thought , is transferred to the record . The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also . The writer was a just and wise spirit henceforward it ...
... ness which attaches to the act of creation , the act of thought , is transferred to the record . The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also . The writer was a just and wise spirit henceforward it ...
Page 100
... ness is gained in strength . Not out of those on whom systems of education have exhausted their culture , comes the helpful giant to destroy the old or to build the new , but out of unhandselled sav- age nature ; out of terrible Druids ...
... ness is gained in strength . Not out of those on whom systems of education have exhausted their culture , comes the helpful giant to destroy the old or to build the new , but out of unhandselled sav- age nature ; out of terrible Druids ...
Page 139
... which alone can make thought dear and rich ; that Law whose fatal sure- ness the astronomical orbits poorly emulate ; -that it is travestied and depreciated , that it is behooted and behowled , and not a trait , not a ADDRESS . 139.
... which alone can make thought dear and rich ; that Law whose fatal sure- ness the astronomical orbits poorly emulate ; -that it is travestied and depreciated , that it is behooted and behowled , and not a trait , not a ADDRESS . 139.
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