Nothing. The Infinite knows no time, no space, no great, no small, no beginning, no end.
JOHN BURROUGHSEmerson is the spokesman and prophet of youth and of a formative, idealistic age. His is a voice from the heights which are ever bathed in the sunshine of the spirit.
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How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.
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Emerson is the spokesman and prophet of youth and of a formative, idealistic age. His is a voice from the heights which are ever bathed in the sunshine of the spirit.
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In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.
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Where country life is safe and enjoyable, where many of the conveniences and appliances of the town are joined to the large freedom and large benefits of the country, a high state of civilization prevails.
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Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all – that has been my religion.
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One reason, doubtless, why squirrels are so bold and reckless in leaping through the trees is that, if they miss their hold and fall, they sustain no injury.
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Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone.
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The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.
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The human body is a steed that goes freest and longest under a light rider, and the lightest of all riders is a cheerful heart.
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I have discovered the secret of happiness – it is work, either with the hands or the head.
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If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
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Father knew me not. All my aspirations in life were a sealed book to him, as much as his peculiar religious experiences were to me.
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Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man.
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Some scenes you juggle two balls, some scenes you juggle three balls, some scenes you can juggle five balls.
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Even in rugged Scotland, nature is scarcely wilder than a mountain sheep, certainly a good way short of the ferity of the moose and caribou.
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