The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun ; and, after sunset, Night and her stars. Ever the winds blow ; ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and... The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 19 by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pages Full view -
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