Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 57
... serve the passion of the poet . Thus in his sonnets , the lays of birds , the scents and dyes of flowers he finds to be the shadow of his beloved ; time , which keeps her from him , is his chest ; the suspicion she has awakened , is her ...
... serve the passion of the poet . Thus in his sonnets , the lays of birds , the scents and dyes of flowers he finds to be the shadow of his beloved ; time , which keeps her from him , is his chest ; the suspicion she has awakened , is her ...
Page 67
... serving to apprise us of the eternal distinc- tion between the soul and the world . But when , following the invisible steps of thought , we come to inquire , Whence is matter ? and Where- to ? many truths arise to us out of the ...
... serving to apprise us of the eternal distinc- tion between the soul and the world . But when , following the invisible steps of thought , we come to inquire , Whence is matter ? and Where- to ? many truths arise to us out of the ...
Page 94
... serve us when they aim not to drill , but to create ; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls , and by the concentrated fires , set the hearts of their youth on flame . Thought and 94 THE AMERICAN ...
... serve us when they aim not to drill , but to create ; when they gather from far every ray of various genius to their hospitable halls , and by the concentrated fires , set the hearts of their youth on flame . Thought and 94 THE AMERICAN ...
Page 97
... serve too the impossibility of antedating this act . In its grub state , it cannot fly , it cannot shine , it is a dull grub . But suddenly , without observation , the selfsame thing unfurls beautiful wings , and is an angel of wisdom ...
... serve too the impossibility of antedating this act . In its grub state , it cannot fly , it cannot shine , it is a dull grub . But suddenly , without observation , the selfsame thing unfurls beautiful wings , and is an angel of wisdom ...
Page 121
... serve , day and night , in great , in small , that I may be not virtuous , but vir- tue ; " then is the end of the creation answered , and God is well pleased . - The sentiment of virtue is a reverence and de- light in the presence of ...
... serve , day and night , in great , in small , that I may be not virtuous , but vir- tue ; " then is the end of the creation answered , and God is well pleased . - The sentiment of virtue is a reverence and de- light in the presence of ...
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