Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... manner , nature is already , in its forms and tendencies , de- scribing its own design . Let us interrogate the great apparition that shines so peacefully around us . Let us inquire , to what end is nature ? · All science has one aim ...
... manner , nature is already , in its forms and tendencies , de- scribing its own design . Let us interrogate the great apparition that shines so peacefully around us . Let us inquire , to what end is nature ? · All science has one aim ...
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... manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cutter , from the tree of the poet ...
... manner , we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind . We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects . It is this which distinguishes the stick of timber of the wood - cutter , from the tree of the poet ...
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... manner . 1. First , the simple perception of natural forms is a delight . The influence of the forms and ac- tions in nature is so needful to man , that , in its lowest functions , it seems to lie on the confines of commodity and beauty ...
... manner . 1. First , the simple perception of natural forms is a delight . The influence of the forms and ac- tions in nature is so needful to man , that , in its lowest functions , it seems to lie on the confines of commodity and beauty ...
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... manner . The seed of a plant , — to what affecting analogies in the nature of man is that little fruit made use of , in all dis- course , up to the voice of Paul , who calls the hu- man corpse a seed , – " It is sown a natural body ; it ...
... manner . The seed of a plant , — to what affecting analogies in the nature of man is that little fruit made use of , in all dis- course , up to the voice of Paul , who calls the hu- man corpse a seed , – " It is sown a natural body ; it ...
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... manner , the memorable words of history and the proverbs of nations consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the ...
... manner , the memorable words of history and the proverbs of nations consist usually of a natural fact , selected as a picture or parable of a moral truth . Thus ; A rolling stone gathers no moss ; A bird in the hand is worth two in the ...
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