Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 9
... nature , whose floods of life stream around and through us , and invite us by the pow- ers they supply , to action proportioned to nature , why should we grope among the dry bones of the past , or put the living generation into ...
... nature , whose floods of life stream around and through us , and invite us by the pow- ers they supply , to action proportioned to nature , why should we grope among the dry bones of the past , or put the living generation into ...
Page 13
... , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their influence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wis- est NATURE.
... , because though always present , they are inaccessible ; but all natural objects make a kindred impression , when the mind is open to their influence . Nature never wears a mean appearance . Neither does the wis- est NATURE.
Page 14
... nature . Most persons do not see the sun . At least they have a very superficial seeing . The sun illuminates only the eye of the man , but shines into the eye and the heart of the child . The lover of nature is he whose inward and ...
... nature . Most persons do not see the sun . At least they have a very superficial seeing . The sun illuminates only the eye of the man , but shines into the eye and the heart of the child . The lover of nature is he whose inward and ...
Page 15
... nature a wild de- light runs through the man , in spite of real sorrows . Nature says , he is my creature , and maugre all his impertinent griefs , he shall be glad with me . Not the sun or the summer alone , but every hour and season ...
... nature a wild de- light runs through the man , in spite of real sorrows . Nature says , he is my creature , and maugre all his impertinent griefs , he shall be glad with me . Not the sun or the summer alone , but every hour and season ...
Page 17
... Nature always wears the colors of the spirit . To a man laboring under ca- lamity , the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it . Then there is a kind of contempt of the landscape felt by him who has just lost by death a dear friend ...
... Nature always wears the colors of the spirit . To a man laboring under ca- lamity , the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it . Then there is a kind of contempt of the landscape felt by him who has just lost by death a dear friend ...
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