Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 68
... plant upon the earth , so a man rests upon the bosom of God ; he is nourished by unfail- ing fountains , and draws at his need inexhaustible power . Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man ? Once inhale the upper air , being ...
... plant upon the earth , so a man rests upon the bosom of God ; he is nourished by unfail- ing fountains , and draws at his need inexhaustible power . Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man ? Once inhale the upper air , being ...
Page 69
... plants , as corn and the apple , the potato and the vine . Is not the landscape , every glimpse of which hath a grandeur , a face of him ? Yet this may show us what dis- cord is between man and nature , for you cannot freely admire a ...
... plants , as corn and the apple , the potato and the vine . Is not the landscape , every glimpse of which hath a grandeur , a face of him ? Yet this may show us what dis- cord is between man and nature , for you cannot freely admire a ...
Page 114
... plant himself indomitably on his instincts , and there abide , the huge world will come round to him . Patience , patience ; with the shades of all the good and great for company ; and for solace the perspective of your own infinite ...
... plant himself indomitably on his instincts , and there abide , the huge world will come round to him . Patience , patience ; with the shades of all the good and great for company ; and for solace the perspective of your own infinite ...
Page 164
... plants that are native in the swamp , thinks with pleasing terror of the distant town ; this beauty , haggard - and desert beauty , which the sun and the moon , the snow and the rain , repaint and vary , has never been recorded by art ...
... plants that are native in the swamp , thinks with pleasing terror of the distant town ; this beauty , haggard - and desert beauty , which the sun and the moon , the snow and the rain , repaint and vary , has never been recorded by art ...
Page 206
... plant , is more predicable of man . You need not speak to me , I need not go where you are , that should exert magnetism on me . feel you Be you only whole and sufficient , and I shall you in every part of my life and fortune , and I ...
... plant , is more predicable of man . You need not speak to me , I need not go where you are , that should exert magnetism on me . feel you Be you only whole and sufficient , and I shall you in every part of my life and fortune , and I ...
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