 ... a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing. We cannot use our hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the day by the sun. It is...  The Craftsman - Page 174edited by - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...old English rule was, ' All summer in the field, and ah1 winter in the study.' And it seems as if a man should learn to plant, or to fish, or to hunt, that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1876 - 238 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do uot know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...was, 'All summer in the field, and all winter in the stndy.' And it seems as if a man should learn to plant, or to fish, or to hunt, that he might secure... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1876 - 386 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...could not learn standing. The old English rule was, c All summer in the field, and all winter in the study.' And it seems as if a man should learn to plant,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1883 - 556 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...horse, of a cow, of a dog, of a snake, of a spider. The Eoman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1883 - 282 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...horse, of a cow, of a dog, of a snake, of a spider. i^The Roman rule was to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. \ The old English rule... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 234 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. Tlie old English rule was, ' All summer in the field, and all winter in the study.' And it seems as... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Social problems - 1886 - 116 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...horse, of a cow, of a dog, of a snake, of a spider. The Koman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1888 - 802 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...and skate. We are afraid of a horse, of a cow, of adog, of a snake, of a spider. The Roman rule was to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing.... | |
 | New England - 1891 - 850 pages
...hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods, we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of the...day by the sun. It is well if we can swim and skate. .... Four, or six, or ten years, the pupil is parsing Greek and Latin, and as soon as he leaves the... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - Comedy - 1894 - 604 pages
...We do not know an edible root in the woods; we cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of day by the sun. It is well if we can swim and skate....horse, of a cow, of a dog, of a snake, of a spider. The lessons of science should be experimental also. The sight of the planet through a telescope is worth... | |
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