Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 13
... reverence , 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.
... reverence , 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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... never be- came a toy to a wise spirit . The flowers , the ani- mals , the mountains , reflected the wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . When we speak of nature in this manner , we ...
... never be- came a toy to a wise spirit . The flowers , the ani- mals , the mountains , reflected the wisdom of his best hour , as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood . When we speak of nature in this manner , we ...
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... never tired , so long as we can 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 ...
... never tired , so long as we can 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 ...
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... never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The state of the crop in the surrounding farms alters the expression of the earth from ...
... never seen before , and which shall never be seen again . The heavens change every moment , and reflect their glory or gloom on the plains beneath . The state of the crop in the surrounding farms alters the expression of the earth from ...
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... never sate on so glorious a seat ! Charles II . , to intimidate the citizens of London , caused the patriot Lord Russell to be drawn in an open coach through the principal streets of the city on his way to the scaffold . " But , " his ...
... never sate on so glorious a seat ! Charles II . , to intimidate the citizens of London , caused the patriot Lord Russell to be drawn in an open coach through the principal streets of the city on his way to the scaffold . " But , " his ...
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| Title | Nature: Addresses, and Lectures Volume 1 of Riverside ed. Complete works |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2013 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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