Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hun- dred martyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep defile of Thermopyla ; when ...
... noble act is done , perchance in a scene of great natural beauty ; when Leonidas and his three hun- dred martyrs consume one day in dying , and the sun and moon come each and look at them once in the steep defile of Thermopyla ; when ...
Page 37
... noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines murmur , the river rolls and shines , and the cattle low upon the mountains , as he saw and heard them in his infancy . And with these forms , the spells of persuasion , the keys of ...
... noble sentiment , again the woods wave , the pines murmur , the river rolls and shines , and the cattle low upon the mountains , as he saw and heard them in his infancy . And with these forms , the spells of persuasion , the keys of ...
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... her heaps and rub- bish are concealed sure and useful results . How calmly and genially the mind apprehends one after another the laws of physics ! What noble emotions dilate the mortal as he enters into the 44 DISCIPLINE .
... her heaps and rub- bish are concealed sure and useful results . How calmly and genially the mind apprehends one after another the laws of physics ! What noble emotions dilate the mortal as he enters into the 44 DISCIPLINE .
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Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. noble emotions dilate the mortal as he enters into the counsels of the creation , and feels by knowl- edge the privilege to BE ! His insight refines him . The beauty of nature shines in his ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. noble emotions dilate the mortal as he enters into the counsels of the creation , and feels by knowl- edge the privilege to BE ! His insight refines him . The beauty of nature shines in his ...
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... noble doubt perpetually suggests itself , - whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe ; and whether nature outwardly exists . It is a sufficient account of that Appearance we call the World , that God will teach a human ...
... noble doubt perpetually suggests itself , - whether this end be not the Final Cause of the Universe ; and whether nature outwardly exists . It is a sufficient account of that Appearance we call the World , that God will teach a human ...
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