Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 83
... of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill . Our day of dependence , our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands , draws to a close . The mil- lions that around us are rushing into life , cannot.
... of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill . Our day of dependence , our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands , draws to a close . The mil- lions that around us are rushing into life , cannot.
Page 84
... better to answer its end . The old fable covers a doctrine ever new and sublime ; that there is One Man , present to all particular men only partially , or through one fac- ulty ; and that you must take the whole society to find the ...
... better to answer its end . The old fable covers a doctrine ever new and sublime ; that there is One Man , present to all particular men only partially , or through one fac- ulty ; and that you must take the whole society to find the ...
Page 91
... better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit , and made a satellite in- stead of a system . The one thing in the world , of value , is the active soul . This every man is en- titled to ; this ...
... better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit , and made a satellite in- stead of a system . The one thing in the world , of value , is the active soul . This every man is en- titled to ; this ...
Page 99
... better than books , is that it is a resource . That great principle of Undulation in nature , that shows itself in the inspiring and expiring of the breath ; in desire and satiety ; in the ebb and flow of the sea ; in day and night ; in ...
... better than books , is that it is a resource . That great principle of Undulation in nature , that shows itself in the inspiring and expiring of the breath ; in desire and satiety ; in the ebb and flow of the sea ; in day and night ; in ...
Page 100
... better than it can be measured by any public and designed display . Time shall teach him that the scholar loses no hour which the man lives . Herein he unfolds the sacred germ of his instinct , screened from influence . What is lost in ...
... better than it can be measured by any public and designed display . Time shall teach him that the scholar loses no hour which the man lives . Herein he unfolds the sacred germ of his instinct , screened from influence . What is lost in ...
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