The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen5David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... universe , as is sometimes said , they only efface those which the sun produces in the atmosphere . The orb of day conceals from us the splendors of the firmament ; it is dur- ing the night that the panoramas of the sky are open to us ...
... universe , as is sometimes said , they only efface those which the sun produces in the atmosphere . The orb of day conceals from us the splendors of the firmament ; it is dur- ing the night that the panoramas of the sky are open to us ...
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... universe ; without it we should be both ignorant of the actual extent of our country , its nature , and the order to which it belongs . Inclosed in the dark meshes of ignorance , we cannot form the slightest idea of the general ...
... universe ; without it we should be both ignorant of the actual extent of our country , its nature , and the order to which it belongs . Inclosed in the dark meshes of ignorance , we cannot form the slightest idea of the general ...
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... universe . The silence and profound peace of a starry night present an appropriate scene to our contemplative faculty , and no time is more propitious for the elevation of the soul toward the beauties . of the heavens . But the poetry ...
... universe . The silence and profound peace of a starry night present an appropriate scene to our contemplative faculty , and no time is more propitious for the elevation of the soul toward the beauties . of the heavens . But the poetry ...
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... universe must , therefore , be represented as an expanse without limits , without shores , illimited , infinite , in the bosom of which float suns , like that which lights us , and earths like that which poises under our steps . Neither ...
... universe must , therefore , be represented as an expanse without limits , without shores , illimited , infinite , in the bosom of which float suns , like that which lights us , and earths like that which poises under our steps . Neither ...
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... universe was created solely for humanity ; that sun , moon , and stars are set in heaven only to give light to the earth ; or that plants and animals exist for the sole purpose of being of service to We believe instead that within the ...
... universe was created solely for humanity ; that sun , moon , and stars are set in heaven only to give light to the earth ; or that plants and animals exist for the sole purpose of being of service to We believe instead that within the ...
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