 Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year...  Essays - Page 86by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...as little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries •• overload...increases | the number of accidents ; and it may be a ques- .'/• tion whether machinery does not encumber ; f whether we have not lost by refinement some... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insuranceoffice increases the number... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so 'being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Mary Minerva Barrows - 1905 - 208 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance office increases the number... | |
 | Frances Melville Perry - 1906 - 252 pages
...fails of the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His notebooks impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance office increases the number... | |
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Mary Elizabeth Adams - 1906 - 300 pages
...the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, as so being sure of the information when it wants it, the man in the street does not know a star...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the... | |
 | Harriet Louise Keeler, Mary Elizabeth Adams - 1906 - 296 pages
...almanac he has, as so being sure of the information when it wants it, the man in the street dqeanot know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance office increases the number... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory, his libraries overload his wit, the insurance office increases the number... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the...calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note-books impair his memory, his libraries overload his wit, the insurance office increases the number... | |
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