Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 18
... water beneath , this firma- ment of earth between ? this zodiac of lights , this tent of dropping clouds , this striped coat of cli- mates , this fourfold year ? Beasts , fire , water , stones , and corn serve him . The field is.
... water beneath , this firma- ment of earth between ? this zodiac of lights , this tent of dropping clouds , this striped coat of cli- mates , this fourfold year ? Beasts , fire , water , stones , and corn serve him . The field is.
Page 19
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. stones , and corn serve him . The field is at once his floor , his work - yard , his play - ground , his garden , and his bed . " More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice of . " Nature ...
Addresses, and Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. stones , and corn serve him . The field is at once his floor , his work - yard , his play - ground , his garden , and his bed . " More servants wait on man Than he'll take notice of . " Nature ...
Page 21
... served by nature , namely , the love of Beauty . The ancient Greeks called the world Kóσμos , beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the primary forms , as the sky , the ...
... served by nature , namely , the love of Beauty . The ancient Greeks called the world Kóσμos , beauty . Such is the constitution of all things , or such the plastic power of the human eye , that the primary forms , as the sky , the ...
Page 45
... thoroughly mediate . It is made to serve . It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode . It offers all its kingdoms to man as the raw material which he may mould into what is use- DISCIPLINE . 45.
... thoroughly mediate . It is made to serve . It receives the dominion of man as meekly as the ass on which the Saviour rode . It offers all its kingdoms to man as the raw material which he may mould into what is use- DISCIPLINE . 45.
Page 47
... served an end to the uttermost , it is wholly new for an ulterior service . In God , every end is converted into a ... serves ; that a conspiring of parts and efforts to the pro- duction of an end is essential to any being . The first ...
... served an end to the uttermost , it is wholly new for an ulterior service . In God , every end is converted into a ... serves ; that a conspiring of parts and efforts to the pro- duction of an end is essential to any being . The first ...
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