Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 78
... common . What is a day ? What is a year ? What is sum- mer ? What is woman ? What is a child ? What is sleep ? To our blindness , these things seem un- affecting . We make fables to hide the baldness of the fact and conform it , as we ...
... common . What is a day ? What is a year ? What is sum- mer ? What is woman ? What is a child ? What is sleep ? To our blindness , these things seem un- affecting . We make fables to hide the baldness of the fact and conform it , as we ...
Page 106
... common nature which it is the dearest desire of all to see enlarged and glorified . They sun themselves in the great man's light , and feel it They to be their own element . They cast the dignity 106 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
... common nature which it is the dearest desire of all to see enlarged and glorified . They sun themselves in the great man's light , and feel it They to be their own element . They cast the dignity 106 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
Page 110
... common , was explored and poetized . That which had been negligently trodden under foot by those who were harnessing and provisioning them- selves for long journeys into far countries , is sud- denly found to be richer than all foreign ...
... common , was explored and poetized . That which had been negligently trodden under foot by those who were harnessing and provisioning them- selves for long journeys into far countries , is sud- denly found to be richer than all foreign ...
Page 137
... common - places of prayer and of sermons , and though foolishly spoken , they may be wisely heard ; for each is some select ex- pression that broke out in a moment of piety from some stricken or jubilant soul , and its excellency made ...
... common - places of prayer and of sermons , and though foolishly spoken , they may be wisely heard ; for each is some select ex- pression that broke out in a moment of piety from some stricken or jubilant soul , and its excellency made ...
Page 144
... common de- grees of merit . Can we not leave , to such as love it , the virtue that glitters for the commendation of society , and ourselves pierce the deep solitudes of absolute ability and worth ? We easily come up to the standard of ...
... common de- grees of merit . Can we not leave , to such as love it , the virtue that glitters for the commendation of society , and ourselves pierce the deep solitudes of absolute ability and worth ? We easily come up to the standard of ...
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