But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature... A Comparative History of Ideas - Page 407by Hajime Nakamura - 1992 - 572 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...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...too lives with nature in the present, above time. 24. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...Its nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. There Ts "ncTlime to it. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the...too lives with nature in the present, above time. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless he... | |
| 1848 - 614 pages
...There is no time to them. There is simply the rose, — perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments tha past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...root there is no less. Its nature is satisfied, and it satisfies nature, in all moments alike. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the...heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on titpoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...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...too lives with nature in the present, above time. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless he... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...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...too lives with nature in the present, above time. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless he... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...There is no time to them. There is simply the rose, — perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the...too, lives with nature in the present, above time." Surely these quotations alone — which we have made with the additional motive of introducing at once... | |
| Charles Chauncey Burr - 1848 - 380 pages
...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...future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lies witb nature in the present, above time. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects... | |
| 1848 - 636 pages
...There is no time to them. There is simply the rose — perfect in every moment of its existence. But man postpones or remembers ; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye lamenta the past, or, heedless of the riches thai surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future.... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...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...too lives with nature in the present, above time. This should be plain enough. Yet see what strong intellects dare not yet hear God himself, unless he... | |
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