Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... of the punctuation and the correction of obvious mistakes . The ninth volume comprises the pieces chosen by Mr. Emerson from the " Poems " and " May - Day ' to form the " Selected Poems , " with the addi- tion of some poems which were ...
... of the punctuation and the correction of obvious mistakes . The ninth volume comprises the pieces chosen by Mr. Emerson from the " Poems " and " May - Day ' to form the " Selected Poems , " with the addi- tion of some poems which were ...
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... day also . There is more wool and flax in the fields . There are new lands , new men , new thoughts . Let us demand our own ... to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far as to believe that whatever.
... day also . There is more wool and flax in the fields . There are new lands , new men , new thoughts . Let us demand our own ... to ask which are unanswerable . We must trust the perfection of the creation so far as to believe that whatever.
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... for the frolic of the nymphs , is overspread with melancholy to - day . Nature always wears the colors of the spirit . To a man laboring under ca- lamity , the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it . Then there is a kind of contempt of ...
... for the frolic of the nymphs , is overspread with melancholy to - day . Nature always wears the colors of the spirit . To a man laboring under ca- lamity , the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it . Then there is a kind of contempt of ...
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... 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 day - break to 22 ...
... 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 day - break to 22 ...
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Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. over against my house , from day - break to sun - rise , with emotions which an angel might share . The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light . From the earth , ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. over against my house , from day - break to sun - rise , with emotions which an angel might share . The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light . From the earth , ...
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