Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 15
... reason and faith . feel that nothing can befall me in life , grace , no calamity ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , There I no dis- - -my head bathed by the blithe air , and NATURE . 15.
... reason and faith . feel that nothing can befall me in life , grace , no calamity ( leaving me my eyes ) , which nature cannot repair . Standing on the bare ground , There I no dis- - -my head bathed by the blithe air , and NATURE . 15.
Page 29
... the beauty of her first works . The world thus exists to the soul to satisfy the desire of beauty . This element I call an ultimate end . No reason can be asked or given why the soul seeks beauty . Beauty , in its largest and BEAUTY . 29.
... the beauty of her first works . The world thus exists to the soul to satisfy the desire of beauty . This element I call an ultimate end . No reason can be asked or given why the soul seeks beauty . Beauty , in its largest and BEAUTY . 29.
Page 33
... Reason : it is not mine , or thine , or his , but we are its ; we are its property and men . And the blue sky in which the private earth is buried , the sky with its eternal calm , and full of everlast- ing orbs , is the type of Reason ...
... Reason : it is not mine , or thine , or his , but we are its ; we are its property and men . And the blue sky in which the private earth is buried , the sky with its eternal calm , and full of everlast- ing orbs , is the type of Reason ...
Page 42
... Reason . Every property of matter is a school for the understanding , its solidity or re- sistance , its inertia , its extension , its figure , its di- visibility . The understanding adds , divides , com- bines , measures , and finds ...
... Reason . Every property of matter is a school for the understanding , its solidity or re- sistance , its inertia , its extension , its figure , its di- visibility . The understanding adds , divides , com- bines , measures , and finds ...
Page 46
... Reason and reflect the conscience . All things are moral ; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature . Therefore is nature glorious with form , color , and motion ; that every globe in the remotest ...
... Reason and reflect the conscience . All things are moral ; and in their boundless changes have an unceasing reference to spiritual nature . Therefore is nature glorious with form , color , and motion ; that every globe in the remotest ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action alembic appear astronomy beauty becomes behold better born cause character church conservatism divine doctrine earth enon Epaminondas eternal exist fact faculties faith fantas fear feel genius give Goethe Greece heart heaven Heraclitus honor hope hour human ical idea ideal theory intel intellect justice and truth labor land light ligion live look mankind means ment mind moral nature ness never noble objects persons philosophy Pindar plant Plato Plotinus poet poetry reason reform relation religion rich Rome Saturn scholar seems sense sentiment shines society solitude soul speak spect spirit stand stars sublime things thou thought tion to-day trade Transcendentalist true truth ture universal Uranus virtue whilst whole wisdom wise wish words worship youth Zoroaster