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" 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... "
Twelve Essays - Page 69
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pages
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The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 4

David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 454 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when...year is without a dial in his mind. His notebooks impare his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance office increases the number of accidents:...
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History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows a little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is •without a dial in his mind. His note-books...
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Essays. 1901

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not obsecve; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial...
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Introductory Lessons in English Literature: For High Schools and Academies

Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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 520 street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows...
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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization ..., Volume 4

David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 448 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when...street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he docs not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 464 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be a question whether machinery does...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he 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...impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insuranceoffice increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does...
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The Essay on Self-reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but he has lost the skill to tell the hour by the sun. A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so 'being sure of the information when...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...
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The Friendly Stars

Martha Evans Martin - 1907 - 314 pages
...is only too much justice in Emerson's reproach that now, in • 6 these days of nautical almanacs, "the man in the street does not know a star in the...calendar of the year, is without a dial in his mind." The explanation of this difference is that people in earlier times, being more out of doors than the...
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Select Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...Geneva 5 watch, but he 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...street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice 1 he does not observe ; the equinox 2 he knows as little ; and 10 the whole bright calendar of the...
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