Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 50
... wise man , in doing one thing , does all ; or , in the one thing he does rightly , he sees the likeness of all which is done rightly . " Words and actions are not the attributes of brute nature . They introduce us to the human form , of ...
... wise man , in doing one thing , does all ; or , in the one thing he does rightly , he sees the likeness of all which is done rightly . " Words and actions are not the attributes of brute nature . They introduce us to the human form , of ...
Page 73
... wise writer will feel that the ends of study and com- position are best answered by announcing undis- covered regions of thought , and so communicating , through hope , new activity to the torpid spirit . I shall therefore conclude this ...
... wise writer will feel that the ends of study and com- position are best answered by announcing undis- covered regions of thought , and so communicating , through hope , new activity to the torpid spirit . I shall therefore conclude this ...
Page 78
... wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to our own door . You also are a man . Man and woman and their social life , poverty , labor , sleep , fear , fortune , are known to ...
... wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to our own door . You also are a man . Man and woman and their social life , poverty , labor , sleep , fear , fortune , are known to ...
Page 80
... wise discourse , and heroic acts , around its way , until evil is no more seen . The kingdom of man over nature , which cometh not with obser- vation , a dominion such as now is beyond his dream of God , - he shall enter without more ...
... wise discourse , and heroic acts , around its way , until evil is no more seen . The kingdom of man over nature , which cometh not with obser- vation , a dominion such as now is beyond his dream of God , - he shall enter without more ...
Page 90
... wise spirit henceforward it is settled the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts into worship of his statue . Instantly the book becomes noxious : the guide is a tyrant . The sluggish and perverted mind of the multitude , slow ...
... wise spirit henceforward it is settled the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts into worship of his statue . Instantly the book becomes noxious : the guide is a tyrant . The sluggish and perverted mind of the multitude , slow ...
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