Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 52
... trade . In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses , to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects , what difference does it make , whether Orion is up there in heaven ...
... trade . In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses , to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects , what difference does it make , whether Orion is up there in heaven ...
Page 76
... trade ; the miracles of enthu- siasm , as those reported of Swedenborg , Hohenlohe , and the Shakers ; many obscure and yet contested facts , now arranged under the name of Animal Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self - healing ; and ...
... trade ; the miracles of enthu- siasm , as those reported of Swedenborg , Hohenlohe , and the Shakers ; many obscure and yet contested facts , now arranged under the name of Animal Magnetism ; prayer ; eloquence ; self - healing ; and ...
Page 79
... trade ; a hundred acres of ploughed land ; or a scholar's garret . Yet line for line and point for point your dominion is as great as theirs , though without fine names . Build therefore your own world . As fast as you conform your life ...
... trade ; a hundred acres of ploughed land ; or a scholar's garret . Yet line for line and point for point your dominion is as great as theirs , though without fine names . Build therefore your own world . As fast as you conform your life ...
Page 98
... trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in science ; in art ; to the one end of mastering in all their facts a language by which to illustrate and embody our perceptions . I learn immediately from any ...
... trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in science ; in art ; to the one end of mastering in all their facts a language by which to illustrate and embody our perceptions . I learn immediately from any ...
Page 102
... trade , or war , or man , is cried up by half mankind and cried down by the other half , as if all depended on this particular up or down . The odds are that the whole question is not worth 102 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
... trade , or war , or man , is cried up by half mankind and cried down by the other half , as if all depended on this particular up or down . The odds are that the whole question is not worth 102 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
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