 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...first hi importance of the in- 1 ences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the1 I. fluences sun ; and, after sunset, Night and her stars. Ever...and beholden. The scholar is he of all men whom this spectacle most engages. He must settle its value in his mind. What is nature to him ? There is never... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Amos Reno Morris, Melvin Theodor Solve, Carlton Frank Wells - 1928 - 612 pages
...privilege. Let us see him in his school, and consider him in reference to the main influences he receives. I. The first in time and the first in importance of...and beholden. The scholar is he of all men whom this spectacle most engages. He must settle its value in his mind. What is nature to him? There is never... | |
 | William Lee Richardson - 1928 - 116 pages
...subject matter and partly because of the noble words used, as in this passage dealing with the influence of nature: "Every day, the sun; and, after sunset,...and beholden. The scholar is he of all men whom this spectacle most engages. He must settle its value in his mind. What is nature to him? There is never... | |
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The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of Nature. Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, Night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ; ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and... 
