...them an indistinctness which makes it hard to realize that we are not in dream-land. Emerson asks, "Who can guess how much firmness the sea-beaten rock...tranquillity has been reflected to man from the azure sky?" We give it up; we feel in no mood to answer such questions; we know only that the hours glide by with...

...the fields. . . . Nor can it be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air, grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world, is caught by man and sinks into his soul. . . . Who can guess how much firmness the sea-beaten rock has taught the fisherman ; how much tranquillity...

...are radically alike. Nor can it be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air, grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world, is caught by man and sinks into his soul.1 The moral influence of nature upon every individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates...

...echo the Ten Commandments." He cannot doubt that the moral sentiment which thus scents the air, grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world is caught from them by man. " Who can guess," he says, " how much firmness the sea-beaten rock has taught the...

...radically alike. Nor can it, be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air, grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world,...of nature upon every individual is that amount of Jxuih_wiich~it-41hisirates to him. Who can estimate this ? Who can guess how much firmness the sea-beaten...

...house and trade." "Nor can it be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air, grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world,...sea-beaten rock has taught the fisherman! how much tranquility has been reflected to man from the azure sky, over whose unspotted deeps the winds forevermore...

...radically alike. Nor can it be doubted that this moral ~\ sentiment which thus scents the air, grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world,...sinks into his soul. The moral influence of nature uporj ' every individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates to him. Who can estimate this?...

...are radically alike. Nor can it be doubted that this moral sentiment which thus scents the air, grows e 3I2 moral influence of nature upon every individual is that amount of truth which it illustrates to...

...circumference. . . Nor can it be doubted that this inoral sentiment which thus scents the air, and grows in the grain, and impregnates the waters of the world, is caught by man and sinks into his soul.16 Neben den moralisch-ethischen Qualitäten symbolisiert der See für Thoreau den Zustand der...

...inferior — from those on which men are accustomed to operate. VI Husbanding the Soul: Animal Procreation Who can guess how much firmness the sea-beaten rock...tranquillity has been reflected to man from the azure sky, . . . how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? Emerson,...