Essays, First SeriesJohn B. Alden, 1886 - 343 pages |
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Page 39
... exists , or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air . He cannot live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the ...
... exists , or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air . He cannot live without a world . Put Napoleon in an island prison , let his faculties find no men to act on , no Alps to climb , no stake to play for , and he would beat the ...
Page 43
... exists for us , shines in on us at un- awares , but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read ...
... exists for us , shines in on us at un- awares , but the path of science and of letters is not the way into nature . The idiot , the Indian , the child and unschooled farmer's boy stand nearer to the light by which nature is to be read ...
Page 62
... exists for him . But the man in the street , finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force which built a tower or sculptured a marble god , feels poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book ...
... exists for him . But the man in the street , finding no worth in himself which corresponds to the force which built a tower or sculptured a marble god , feels poor when he looks on these . To him a palace , a statue , or a costly book ...
Page 64
... with them and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also pro- Here and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and ceed . We first share the life by which things exist 64 SELF - RELIANCE .
... with them and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also pro- Here and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and ceed . We first share the life by which things exist 64 SELF - RELIANCE .
Page 65
... with them and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also pro- and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget ceed . We first share the life by which things exist 64 SELF - RELIANCE .
... with them and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also pro- and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget ceed . We first share the life by which things exist 64 SELF - RELIANCE .
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