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... Nature , who does her work almost as imperceptibly as we . And for literary training , especially , the influence of natural beauty is simply priceless . Under the present education- al systems , we need grammars and lan- guages far ...
... Nature , who does her work almost as imperceptibly as we . And for literary training , especially , the influence of natural beauty is simply priceless . Under the present education- al systems , we need grammars and lan- guages far ...
Page 305
... Nature the use of materials : either to select only the choicest and rarest , or to transmute coarse to fine by skill in using . How perfect is the delicacy with which the woods and fields are kept , throughout the year ! All these ...
... Nature the use of materials : either to select only the choicest and rarest , or to transmute coarse to fine by skill in using . How perfect is the delicacy with which the woods and fields are kept , throughout the year ! All these ...
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... natural objects , were studied by the ancients only to pet or to eat . All their views of Nature were essentially selfish ; none were disinterested , reveren- tial , deductive , or scientific . Nature min- istered only to their ...
... natural objects , were studied by the ancients only to pet or to eat . All their views of Nature were essentially selfish ; none were disinterested , reveren- tial , deductive , or scientific . Nature min- istered only to their ...
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