Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 13
... whilst I read and write , though nobody is with me . But if a man would be alone , let him look at the stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere ...
... whilst I read and write , though nobody is with me . But if a man would be alone , let him look at the stars . The rays that come from those heavenly worlds will separate between him and what he touches . One might think the atmosphere ...
Page 37
... of his municipal speech ? Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle , we feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of LANGUAGE . 37.
... of his municipal speech ? Whilst we use this grand cipher to expedite the affairs of our pot and kettle , we feel that we have not yet put it to its use , neither are able . We are like travellers using the cinders of LANGUAGE . 37.
Page 38
... Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say , we cannot avoid the question whether the charac- ters are not significant of themselves . Have moun- tains , and waveČ™ , and skies , no significance but what we ...
... Whilst we see that it always stands ready to clothe what we would say , we cannot avoid the question whether the charac- ters are not significant of themselves . Have moun- tains , and waveČ™ , and skies , no significance but what we ...
Page 40
... so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause . A new interest surprises us , whilst , under the view now suggested , we contemplate the fearful extent and 40 LANGUAGE .
... so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause . A new interest surprises us , whilst , under the view now suggested , we contemplate the fearful extent and 40 LANGUAGE .
Page 43
... " - is the surface action of internal machinery , like the index on the face of a clock . Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the understanding , it is hiving , in - the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws DISCIPLINE .
... " - is the surface action of internal machinery , like the index on the face of a clock . Whilst now it is the gymnastics of the understanding , it is hiving , in - the foresight of the spirit , experience in profounder laws DISCIPLINE .
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