 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 69by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Priscilla Faith Rhodes - 2002 - 390 pages
...fine Geneva watch, but loses his ability to tell the hour by the sun. He has a nautical almanac, but does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little. His notebooks impair his memory ... This passage makes me wonder: what have we lost since Emerson wrote... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 256 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 284 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 as litde; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without a dial in his mind. His note,books impair... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 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...impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Tom Walsh - 2007 - 200 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 insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 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... | |
 | William Safire - 2008 - 888 pages
...regarding the spiritually debilitating effect of civilization on man: "A Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when...man in the street does not know a star in the sky." (For a parallel metaphor in Pilgrim's Progress, see MUCKRAKER.) Lord Bryce, in The American Commonwealth,... | |
 | Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston - 1846 - 540 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...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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