 In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God, a decorum and sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed,...  Outlook and Independent - Page 4061901Full view - About this book
 | John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 270 pages
...fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. ... It is the uniform effect of culture on the human mind, not to shake our faith in the stability... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 546 pages
...is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth. Within these plantations of God a decorum and a sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods we return to reason and faith. . . . The greatest delight which the fields and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 386 pages
...fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,... | |
 | Willis Stanley Blatchley - 1902 - 286 pages
...Nature, says: "In the woods a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual youth." I do not desire to grow old too soon, and so will seek in the way that I have chosen that fountain... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 520 pages
...fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 532 pages
...exhilaration. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...youth. Within these plantations of God a decorum and a sanctity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 436 pages
...fear. In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...youth. Within these plantations 'of God, a decorum and sancjity reign, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1906 - 324 pages
...fear. In the woods, too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...Within these plantations of God a decorum and sanctity reigns, a perennial festival is dressed, and the guest sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand... | |
 | John Ernest Phythian - 1907 - 412 pages
...that, in the woods, " a man casts off his years as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...am.o In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods is perpetual...sees not how he should tire of them in a thousand years. In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life,... | |
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