 Greenwich nautical almanac he has, and so being sure of the information when he wants it, the man in the street does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year...  Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle - Página 40por Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
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...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | Eric Wertheimer - 2006 - 220 páginas
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 | Tom Walsh - 2007 - 200 páginas
...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
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...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe; the equinox he knows as little; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insuranceoffice increases the number of accidents; and it may be a question whether machinery does... | |
 | University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 430 páginas
...in his mind. His note-books impair his memory; his libraries overload his wit; the insurance-office increases the number of accidents ; and it may be...Christianity intrenched in establishments and forms, some vigor of wild virtue. For every stoic was a stoic; but in Christendom where is the Christian? There... | |
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...does not know a star in the sky. The solstice he does not observe ; the equinox he knows a little ; and the whole bright calendar of the year is without...impair his memory ; his libraries overload his wit ; and it may be a question whether machinery does not encumber, — whether we have not lost by refinement... | |
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