In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed,... Miscellanies - Page lxiby Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 321 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Krusche - 1987 - 384 pages
...Erlösung aus dem Zustand der abgestumpften Weltsicht des "Understanding": "In the woods..., a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth."41 An diesem Punkt sei ein Seitenblick gestattet auf eine Äußerung Sigmund Freuds am Anfang... | |
| Cornel West - 1989 - 292 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no... | |
| Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no... | |
| William Lach - 1992 - 65 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no... | |
| Jim Lilliefors - 1993 - 254 pages
...could give new life. And for a while, they do. "In the woods," he wrote, "a man casts off his years. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life—no disgrace, no calamity—which... | |
| Larry Luxenberg - 1994 - 276 pages
...home. Ramblin Rose and Sourdough Bob Elderly and Handicapped Hikers In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. Ralph Waldo Emerson THE GREAT DIVIDE IS SIXTY, ACCORDING TO ROLY MUESER, WHO hiked the trail at sixty-six.... | |
| Roger S. Gottlieb - 1996 - 690 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no... | |
| Anita Haya Patterson - 1997 - 268 pages
...have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. 1 am glad to the brink of fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no... | |
| Owen Goldin, Patricia Kilroe - 1997 - 276 pages
...poet. This is the best part of these men's farms, yet to this their warranty-deeds give no title. ... In the woods, is perpetual youth. Within these plantations...should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life — no disgrace, no... | |
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