Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 37
... 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 power are ...
... 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 power are ...
Page 46
... sentiment . Prophet and priest , David , Isaiah , Jesus , have drawn deeply from this source . This ethical char- acter so penetrates the bone and marrow of nature , as to seem the end for which it was made . What- ever private purpose ...
... sentiment . Prophet and priest , David , Isaiah , Jesus , have drawn deeply from this source . This ethical char- acter so penetrates the bone and marrow of nature , as to seem the end for which it was made . What- ever private purpose ...
Page 48
... sentiment which thus scents the air , grows in the grain , and impreg- nates the waters of the world , is caught by man and sinks into his soul . The moral influence of nature upon every individual is that amount of truth which it ...
... sentiment which thus scents the air , grows in the grain , and impreg- nates the waters of the world , is caught by man and sinks into his soul . The moral influence of nature upon every individual is that amount of truth which it ...
Page 102
... sentiments , noble biographies , melodious verse , and the conclusions of history . Whatsoever oracles - the human heart , in all emergencies , in all solemn hours , has uttered as its commentary on the world of actions , these he shall ...
... sentiments , noble biographies , melodious verse , and the conclusions of history . Whatsoever oracles - the human heart , in all emergencies , in all solemn hours , has uttered as its commentary on the world of actions , these he shall ...
Page 103
... his hearers ; — that they drink his words because he fulfils for them their own nature ; the deeper he dives into his privatest , secretest pre- sentiment , to his wonder he finds this is the THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 103.
... his hearers ; — that they drink his words because he fulfils for them their own nature ; the deeper he dives into his privatest , secretest pre- sentiment , to his wonder he finds this is the THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 103.
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