 the parts, that is, the poet. This is the Best part of these men's farms, yet to this their warranty-deeds give no title. To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing.  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page xxxviiiby Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1897 - 694 pages
...owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. This is the best part of these men's farms yet to this their land-deeds give them no title." That this plan for overcoming socialism is of practical value is made... | |
 | RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 428 pages
...the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part...sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 546 pages
...of the world on the human mind, they do not vary the result.— Nature, Introduction. SEEING NATURE. Few adult persons can see Nature. Most persons do...sun ; at least, they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The... | |
 | Mellen Chamberlain - 1899 - 712 pages
...I look no further, but proceed. Leaving Stedman for a moment, I quote from Emerson's “Nature:” “To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature....Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have only a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 526 pages
...mind, they do not vary the result.— Nature, Introduction. SEEING NATURE. Few adult persons can sec Nature. Most persons do not see the sun ; at least, they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 524 pages
...the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part...farms, yet to this their warranty-deeds give no title. 7'o speak truly, few adult persons can see na/ turc. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...of the world on the human mind, they do not vary the result.— Nature, Introduction. SEEING NATURE. Few adult persons can see Nature. Most persons do...sun ; at least, they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The... | |
 | 1904 - 214 pages
...pass through the several kinds of storms which assail him. —Thomas a Kempis. NOVEMBER 17. Morning. Few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun.—Emerson. Evening. Men sometimes seem vexed that, after all, truth is so very simple an affair;... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1906 - 324 pages
...and lies down to pleasant dreams. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Nature's Ministry op Beauty. [From "Nature."] To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature....sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only tbeeyeof the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 556 pages
...every night come out these preachers of beauty and light the universe with their admonishing smile. ... To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature....sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. The... | |
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