Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 146
... ness , the readiness of sacrifice , comes graceful and beloved as a bride . Napoleon said of Mas- sena , that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him ; then , when the dead began to fall in ranks around him , awoke ...
... ness , the readiness of sacrifice , comes graceful and beloved as a bride . Napoleon said of Mas- sena , that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him ; then , when the dead began to fall in ranks around him , awoke ...
Page 190
... - finite distribution . Its smoothness is the smooth- ness of the pitch of the cataract . Its permanence is a perpetual inchoation . Every natural fact is an emanation , and that from which it emanates is an 190 THE METHOD OF NATURE .
... - finite distribution . Its smoothness is the smooth- ness of the pitch of the cataract . Its permanence is a perpetual inchoation . Every natural fact is an emanation , and that from which it emanates is an 190 THE METHOD OF NATURE .
Page 204
... of his first triumphs with chagrins , and sick- ness , and a general distrust ; so that he shuns his associates , hates the enterprise which lately seemed so fail , and meditates to cast himself into the 204 THE METHOD OF NATURE .
... of his first triumphs with chagrins , and sick- ness , and a general distrust ; so that he shuns his associates , hates the enterprise which lately seemed so fail , and meditates to cast himself into the 204 THE METHOD OF NATURE .
Page 206
... ness , and what is energetic but the presence of a brave man ? The doctrine in vegetable physiology of the presence , or the general influence of any substance over and above its chemical influence , as of an alkali or a living plant ...
... ness , and what is energetic but the presence of a brave man ? The doctrine in vegetable physiology of the presence , or the general influence of any substance over and above its chemical influence , as of an alkali or a living plant ...
Page 250
... the nest of tender- ness and joy . I do not wonder at the miracles which poetry attributes to the music of Orpheus , when I remember what I have experienced from - - the varied notes of the human voice . 250 LECTURE ON THE TIMES .
... the nest of tender- ness and joy . I do not wonder at the miracles which poetry attributes to the music of Orpheus , when I remember what I have experienced from - - the varied notes of the human voice . 250 LECTURE ON THE TIMES .
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