Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 113
... self . There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant . Young men of the fairest promise , who begin life upon our shores , inflated VOL . I. - by the mountain winds , shined upon by all THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 113.
... self . There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant . Young men of the fairest promise , who begin life upon our shores , inflated VOL . I. - by the mountain winds , shined upon by all THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR . 113.
Page 114
... young men as hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the career do not yet see , that if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts , and there abide , the huge world will come round to him . Patience , patience ; with ...
... young men as hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the career do not yet see , that if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts , and there abide , the huge world will come round to him . Patience , patience ; with ...
Page 119
... young child , and his huge globe a toy . The cool night bathes the world as with a river , and prepares his eyes again for the crimson dawn . The mystery of nature was never displayed more happily . The corn and the wine have been ...
... young child , and his huge globe a toy . The cool night bathes the world as with a river , and prepares his eyes again for the crimson dawn . The mystery of nature was never displayed more happily . The corn and the wine have been ...
Page 127
... young friends , are now setting forth to teach . As the Cultus , or established wor- ship of the civilized world , it has great historical interest for us . Of its blessed words , which have been the consolation of humanity , you need ...
... young friends , are now setting forth to teach . As the Cultus , or established wor- ship of the civilized world , it has great historical interest for us . Of its blessed words , which have been the consolation of humanity , you need ...
Page 141
... young and old , should meet one day as fellows in one house , in sign of an equal right in the soul , has come to be a paramount motive for going thither . My friends , in these two errors , I think , I find the causes of a decaying ...
... young and old , should meet one day as fellows in one house , in sign of an equal right in the soul , has come to be a paramount motive for going thither . My friends , in these two errors , I think , I find the causes of a decaying ...
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