Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 421
... thing is individual , stands by itself . By and by , it finds how to join two things and see in them one nature ; then three , then three thousand ; and so , tyrannized over by its own unifying in- stinct , it goes on tying things ...
... thing is individual , stands by itself . By and by , it finds how to join two things and see in them one nature ; then three , then three thousand ; and so , tyrannized over by its own unifying in- stinct , it goes on tying things ...
Page 436
... things near are not less beautiful and won- drous than things remote . The near explains the far . The drop is a small ocean . A man is related to all nature . This perception of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries ...
... things near are not less beautiful and won- drous than things remote . The near explains the far . The drop is a small ocean . A man is related to all nature . This perception of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries ...
Page 457
... things , both in nature , and art , and society , that I like for themselves . I all but worship the grand old hills ... things , and to hold fast to that which is good . " I know , sir , that the modern rule is , " try all things , and ...
... things , both in nature , and art , and society , that I like for themselves . I all but worship the grand old hills ... things , and to hold fast to that which is good . " I know , sir , that the modern rule is , " try all things , and ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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