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... flower with no room for its roots and too much sunshine for its head , by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener is made the banian of the forest , yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men . 50. Why not ...
... flower with no room for its roots and too much sunshine for its head , by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardener is made the banian of the forest , yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men . 50. Why not ...
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... flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature , in all moments alike . There is no time to it . But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present ...
... flower , there is no more ; in the leafless root , there is no less . Its nature is satisfied , and it satisfies nature , in all moments alike . There is no time to it . But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present ...
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... flower and fruit , not the grain of the tree , are contemplated . It is beauty which is the aim this time , 3. Why is it difficult to put our idea of the gentleman into words ? What additional qualities does this paragraph state that ...
... flower and fruit , not the grain of the tree , are contemplated . It is beauty which is the aim this time , 3. Why is it difficult to put our idea of the gentleman into words ? What additional qualities does this paragraph state that ...
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... of the grandeur of our destiny . 14. The flower of courtesy does not very well bide hand- ling , but if we dare to open another leaf and explore what parts go to its conformation , we shall find also 78 SELECTIONS FROM EMERSON .
... of the grandeur of our destiny . 14. The flower of courtesy does not very well bide hand- ling , but if we dare to open another leaf and explore what parts go to its conformation , we shall find also 78 SELECTIONS FROM EMERSON .
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... flower of courtesy , to which there is always a 19. Who compose the " purest circle of aristocracy in Europe " ? Is aristocracy used here in its original sense ? Illustrate the com- parison between Scott and Shakespeare . In the ...
... flower of courtesy , to which there is always a 19. Who compose the " purest circle of aristocracy in Europe " ? Is aristocracy used here in its original sense ? Illustrate the com- parison between Scott and Shakespeare . In the ...
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Página 20 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Página 73 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die,...
Página 76 - IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes, I found the fresh Rhodora in the woods, Spreading its leafless blooms in a damp nook, To please the desert and the sluggish brook. The purple petals fallen in the pool Made the black water with their beauty gay; Here might the red-bird come his plumes to cool, And court the flower that cheapens his array.
Página 12 - Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
Página 11 - There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but .through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.
Página 77 - The delicate shells lay on the shore; The bubbles of the latest wave Fresh pearls to their enamel gave, And the bellowing of the savage sea Greeted their safe escape to me. I wiped away the weeds and foam, I fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar.
Página 26 - ... centre of the present thought; and new date and new create the whole. Whenever a mind is simple and receives a divine wisdom, old things pass away, -means, teachers, texts, temples fall; it lives now. and absorbs past and future into the present hour.
Página 83 - Twas one of the charmed days When the genius of God doth flow, The wind may alter twenty ways, A tempest cannot blow; It may blow north, it still is warm; Or south, it still is clear; Or east, it smells like a clover-farm; Or west, no thunder fear.
Página 19 - Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day.
Página 77 - I thought the sparrow's note from heaven, Singing at dawn on the alder bough; I brought him home, in his nest, at even; He sings the song, but it cheers not now, For I did not bring home the river and sky; He sang to my ear, they sang to my eye.