Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... side of the planet , condenses rain on this ; the rain feeds . the plant ; the plant feeds the animal ; and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nour- ish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new com- binations by ...
... side of the planet , condenses rain on this ; the rain feeds . the plant ; the plant feeds the animal ; and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nour- ish man . The useful arts are reproductions or new com- binations by ...
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... side of the ablest navigators . " So are the sun and moon and all the stars of heaven . When a 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 ...
... side of the ablest navigators . " So are the sun and moon and all the stars of heaven . When a 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 ...
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... side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its tem- ple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only let his thoughts be of ...
... side . " In private places , among sordid objects , an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its tem- ple , the sun as its candle . Nature stretches out her arms to embrace man , only let his thoughts be of ...
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... of Plato , of Bacon , of Leibnitz , of Swedenborg . There sits the Sphinx at the road - side , and from age to age , as each prophet comes by , he tries his fortune at read- ing her riddle . There seems to be a necessity LANGUAGE . 39.
... of Plato , of Bacon , of Leibnitz , of Swedenborg . There sits the Sphinx at the road - side , and from age to age , as each prophet comes by , he tries his fortune at read- ing her riddle . There seems to be a necessity LANGUAGE . 39.
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... side . ” 66 - This doctrine is abstruse , and though the im- ages of " garment , " " scoriæ , " " mirror , " & c . , may stimulate the fancy , we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain . Every ...
... side . ” 66 - This doctrine is abstruse , and though the im- ages of " garment , " " scoriæ , " " mirror , " & c . , may stimulate the fancy , we must summon the aid of subtler and more vital expositors to make it plain . Every ...
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