...daily neglecting the elements of purest and loftiest pleasure. " Give me," says an American writer, " health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." But to enable us thus to enjoy the gifts of nature we all need more open eyes, more grateful hearts....

...slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea. I seem to partake its...dust, and I dilate and conspire with the morning wind. The inhabitants of cities suppose that the country landscape is pleasant only half the year. I please...

...spiritual uplift to me. This was before Emerson had written his "Essay on Nature," in which he declares, " Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous!" But I was in sympathy with its unwritten sentiment every morning, as I walked " the sounding aisles...

...spiritual uplift to me. This was before Emerson had written his "Essay on Nature," in which he declares, " Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous ! " But I was in sympathy with its unwritten sentiment every morning, as I walked " the sounding aisles...

...experience rather than the cut-anddried teaching of the schools. Its key-note is Emerson's familiar saying: ''Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." Dr. Janes believes that life is worth living to the fulness of its widest possibilities, and the best...

...with gratitude to God. At such an hour we can enter into the exalted mood of Emerson, when he said, "Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." But I must come at once to my point. I stood on the day after that storm before the Great Stone Face...

...and good until our eyes and minds are weary and then go forth to commune with nature. Kmerson s.'iys, "Give me health and a day and I will make the pomp of emper" on ridiculous." The treshuess and beauty of the morning, the splendor of the noon and the glory...

...darkness the stars pour their almost spiritual rays." And again: — How does nature deify us with a few cheap elements ! Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." It ought to be a part of our most ordinary belief that "Every bird that sings, And every flower that...

...seems inevitable. 1874. This is a day when I feel like subscribing to this sentence of Emerson's : ' ' Give me health and a day and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous." But I cannot tell you much about this brimming hour of the year, for I have been too busy to go out,...

...white, rose, or . Snld by Sturcs itton Garden, gg** \" il Soutledffo'a Railway Library Advertiser. ' Give me Health and a Day, and I will make the Pomp of Emperors Ridiculous.' — EMERSON. t 4 We gather the Honey of Wisdom from Thorns, not from Flowers.' — LVITON. " As an...