 Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River and Boston Bay you think paltry places, and the ear loves names of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; and. if...  Discourses in America - Page 182by Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maurice Garland Fulton - 1918 - 448 pages
...Men live in their fancy, like drunkards whose hands are too soft and tremulous for successful labor. I settle myself ever firmer in the creed, that we...Furthermore, the good is close to us all. "I resist the skepticism of our education and of our educated men. I do not believe that the differences of opinion... | |
 | 1918 - 568 pages
...that where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay,...of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; — that is a great fact, and, if we tarry a little, we may come to learn that here is best." ' It... | |
 | 1918 - 542 pages
...that where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay,...of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; — that is a great fact, and, if we tarry a little, we may come to learn that here is best." * It... | |
 | Samuel Abbott - 1919 - 340 pages
...Connecticut River, Boston Bay you think paltry places, and the ear loves the names of foreign and classical topography. But here we are; and, if we will tarry...a little, we may come to learn that here is best." "Here" is best. When a man can wander through his native village and read, in its landmarks, its early... | |
 | Samuel Abbott - 1919 - 342 pages
...Connecticut River, Boston Bay you think paltry places, and the ear loves the names of foreign and classical topography. But here we are; and, if we will tarry...a little, we may come to learn that here is best." "Here" is best. When a man can wander through his native village and read, in its landmarks, its early... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1920 - 492 pages
...ear? Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay you...here is best^ See to it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, ' hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being shall" not be absent from... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...that where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay,...of foreign and classic topography. But here we are; — that is a great fact, and, if we will tarry a little, we may come to learn tha.t here is best.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...ear ? Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay,...here is best. See to it, only, that thyself is here ; — and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not be absent... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1979 - 434 pages
...ear? Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay,...here is best. See to it, only that thyself is here; — and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not be absent... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1983 - 1196 pages
...ear? Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and Boston Bay,...here is best. See to it, only, that thyself is here; — and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels, and the Supreme Being, shall not be absent... | |
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