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AS I came home through the woods with my string of fish,
trailing my
pole along,
pole along
pole,
pole,
it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of a woodchuck stealing across my path,
and felt a strange
thrill as it were
thrill as it were
thrill
thrill
of savage delight, and was strongly tempted to seize and devour him raw;
not that I was hungry but for that wildness which he
represented.
not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented.
not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented.
not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented.
Once or twice, however, while I lived at the pond, I found
myself ranging the woods, like a half-starved hound, with a strange abandonment, seeking
some
kind of venison which I might devour, and no morsel could have been too savage for
me.
Once or twice, however, while I lived at the pond, I found myself ranging the woods,
like a
half-starved hound, with a strange abandonment, seeking some kind of venison which
I might
devour, and no morsel could have been too savage for me.
Once or twice, however, while I lived at the pond, I found myself ranging the woods,
like a
half-starved hound, with a strange abandonment, seeking some kind of venison which
I might
devour, and no morsel could have been too savage for me.
The wildest scenes had become unaccountably
familiar to me. Indeed I find
familiar to me. Indeed I find
I found
familiar. I found
familiar. I found
in myself,
and still find,
and still find,
and still find,
an instinct toward a higher,
what is called
you may call
is called
moral life,— I use the word with hesitation, because though
we have the idea, we have not the reality,— and also
or what is called moral
spiritual life, as do most men and
or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and
or, as it is named, spiritual life, as do most men, and
another toward a primitive rank and savage one, and I reverence them
both. Some would say that the one impulse was directly from God, the other
through nature
both.
both.
both.
I love the wild not less than the good.
The
novelty
novelty
novelty
novelty
novelty
novelty
wildness
wildness
wildness
and adventure that are in fishing
recommend
recommended
recommend
recommended
recommend
recommended
recommend
recommended
recommend
recommended
still recommended
still recommended
still recommended
it to me.
I
love
love
love
love
love
love
like
like
sometimes to take rank hold on life and spend my day more as the animals do. Perhaps
I have
owed to this employment and to hunting,
when quite young,
when quite young,
when quite young,
my closest acquaintance with Nature.
They early introduce us to and detain us in scenery
with which otherwise, at that age, we should have little acquaintance. Fishermen,
hunters,
woodchoppers, and others, spending their lives in the fields and woods, in a peculiar
sense a part of
Nature themselves, are often in a more favorable mood for observing her, in the intervals
of their
pursuits, than philosophers or poets even, who approach her with expectation. She
is not afraid to
exhibit herself to them.
The traveller on the prairie is naturally a hunter, on the head waters of the
Missouri and Columbia a trapper, and at the Falls of St. Mary
a fisherman.
The ramble by the river and meadow seemed sometimes incomplete, and without a
sufficient purpose, if I did not carry a fish-pole,—I sold my gun long before I went to the
woods. The traveller
The ramble by the river and meadow seemed sometimes incomplete, and without a
sufficient purpose, if I did not carry a fish-pole,—I sold my gun long before I went to the
woods. The traveller
The ramble by the river and meadow seemed sometimes incomplete, and without a
sufficient purpose, if I did not carry a fish-pole,—I sold my gun long before I went to the
woods. The traveller
The ramble by the river and meadow seemed sometimes incomplete, and without a
sufficient purpose, if I did not carry a fish-pole,—I sold my gun long before I went to the
woods. The traveller
The ramble by the river and meadow seemed sometimes incomplete, and without a
sufficient purpose, if I did not carry a fish-pole,—I sold my gun long before I went to the
woods. The traveller
The ramble by the river and meadow might have seemed sometimes
incomplete, and without a sufficient purpose, if I did not carry
had not carried a fish-pole. The traveller
He
He
who is only a traveller learns things at second-hand and by the halves, and is poor
authority.
We are most interested when science reports what those men
already know—for this is some human life in those scenes
We are most interested when science reports what those men already know practically
or
instinctively, for that alone is a true humanity, or account of human experience.
We are most interested when science reports what those men already know practically
or
instinctively, for that alone is a true humanity, or account of human experience.
They mistake who assert that the Yankee has few amusements, because he has
not so many public holidays, and men and boys do not play
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so
so
so
so
many games as they do in England, for here the more primitive but solitary amusements
of hunting
fishing
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nutting &c.
& the like
and the like
and the like
and the like
have not yet given place to the former.
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As
Even
I remember when almost
Almost
Almost
Almost
every New England boy
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among my contemporaries
among my contemporaries
among my contemporaries
among my contemporaries
shouldered
his
a
a
a
a
fowling piece between the ages of ten and fourteen; and his hunting and fishing
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ground was
grounds were
grounds were
grounds were
grounds were
not limited like the preserves of an English nobleman, but
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were
were
were
were
more boundless
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even
even
even
even
than those of a savage. No wonder, then, that he did not
oftener
oftener
oftener
oftener
stay to play on the common.
But already a change is taking place, owing,
not to an increased humanity, but to an increased scarcity of
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and
often that boy lost cast who was known to have killed one of the latter
large game. A distinction was made by my compeers between blackbirds
and robins, and often that boy lost cast who was known to have killed one of the latter
Yet perhaps the hunter is the greatest friend of the animals hunted not excepting
the humane society
game, for perhaps the hunter is the greatest friend of the animals hunted, not excepting
the
Humane Society.
game, for perhaps the hunter is the greatest friend of the animals hunted, not excepting
the
Humane Society.
game, for perhaps the hunter is the greatest friend of the animals hunted, not excepting
the
Humane Society.
—and occasionally, though not so often, because I wish to add fish to my fare for
variety—I actually fish
sometimes
as naturally—and
from the same kind of necessity—as the first fishermen did.
Moreover, when at the pond, I wished sometimes to add fish to my fare for variety.
I have actually
fished from the same kind of necessity that the first fishers did.
Whatever humanity I might conjure up against it was all factitious, and concerned
my
philosophy more than my
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actual feelings
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actual feelings
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actual feelings
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actual feelings
feelings.
feelings.
feelings.
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I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling,
and sold my gun before I went to the woods. I speak of fishing only now for
I had long felt differently about it gunning
E2: I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
gunning
fowling
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
fowling—and sold my gun before I went to the woods
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I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling,
and sold my gun before I went to the woods. I speak of fishing only now for
I had long felt differently about it gunning
E2: I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
gunning
fowling
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
fowling—and sold my gun before I went to the woods
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I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling,
and sold my gun before I went to the woods. I speak of fishing only now for
I had long felt differently about it gunning
E2: I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
gunning
fowling
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
fowling—and sold my gun before I went to the woods
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I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling,
and sold my gun before I went to the woods. I speak of fishing only now for
I had long felt differently about it gunning
E2: I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
gunning
fowling
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
fowling—and sold my gun before I went to the woods
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I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling,
and sold my gun before I went to the woods. I speak of fishing only now for
I had long felt differently about it gunning
E2: I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
gunning
fowling
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about
fowling—and sold my gun before I went to the woods
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling, and sold
my gun
before I went to the woods.
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling, and sold
my gun
before I went to the woods.
I speak of fishing only now, for I had long felt differently about fowling, and sold
my gun
before I went to the woods.
Not that I am less humane than others, but I did not perceive that my feelings were
much
affected. I did not pity the fishes nor the worms. This was habit.
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In after years
In later years
As for fowling during the last years that I carried a gun
As for fowling, during the last years that I carried a gun
As for fowling, during the last years that I carried a gun
As for fowling, during the last years that I carried a gun
my excuse was that I was studying ornithology,
and
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I sought
sought
sought
sought
only new or rare birds. But I
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now
confess that I am now inclined to
confess that I am now inclined to
confess that I am now inclined to
confess that I am now inclined to
think that there is a finer way of studying ornithology than this. It requires so
much closer
attention to the habits of the birds, that, if for that reason only, I
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have been
have been
have been
have been
willing to omit the gun.
But
Yet
Yet
Yet
notwithstanding the objection on the score of humanity, I am compelled to doubt if
equally
valuable sports are ever substituted for these;
When
When
When
When
When
and when
and when
and when
some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should
let them hunt,
I have answered, yes,—remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education,—
them hunters, though sportsmen only at first, if possible, mighty hunters at last,
so that they shall
not find game large enough for them in
these woods, or in
these woods, or in
these woods, or in
these woods, or in
these woods, or in
this or
this or
this or
any vegetable wilderness,—
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
hunters as well as fishers of men.
Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer’s nun, who
“yave not of the text a pulled hen
That saith that hunters ben not holy men.”
There is a period in the history of the individual,
as of the race, when the hunters are the “best men,” as the Algonquins
called them. We cannot but pity the
boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education
is
has been sadly incomplete
has been sadly neglected.
has been sadly neglected.
has been sadly neglected.
This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this
pursuit, trusting that they would soon outgrow it.
This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this pursuit, trusting
that
they would soon outgrow it.
This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this pursuit, trusting
that
they would soon outgrow it.
This was my answer with respect to those youths who were bent on this pursuit, trusting
that
they would soon outgrow it.
No humane
being, past the thoughtless age of boyhood, will wantonly murder any creature, which
holds its life by
the same tenure that he does. The hare in its extremity cries like a child. I warn
you, mothers, that
my sympathies do not always make the usual phil-
distinctions.
Such is oftenest the
young man’s introduction to the forest,
and wild, and to
and
and
the most original part of himself. He goes thither at first as a hunter and fisher,
until at last,
the poet or naturalist in him distinguishes his proper object
if he has the seeds of a better life in him he distinguishes his proper
objects, as a poet or naturalist perhaps
if he has the seeds of a better life in him, he distinguishes his proper objects,
as a poet or
naturalist it may be,
if he has the seeds of a better life in him, he distinguishes his proper objects,
as a poet or
naturalist it may be,
and leaves the gun and fish-pole behind. The mass of men are still and always young
in this
respect.
In some countries a hunting person is no uncommon sight who
is death to the foxes that steal his parishioners’ mutton, but has never trained himself
to
destroy the wolf that harries his own flock, the parishioners themselves
In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. Such a one might make a good
shepherd’s
dog, but is far from being the Good Shepherd.
In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. Such a one might make a good
shepherd’s
dog, but is far from being the Good Shepherd.
I have been surprised
to consider that the only obvious employment, except
wood-chopping, ice-cutting, or the like
wood-chopping, ice-cutting, or the like
wood-chopping, ice-cutting, or the like
business, which ever to my knowledge detained at Walden Pond for a whole half day
any of my
fellow-citizens, whether fathers or children of the town, with just one exception,
was fishing.
Commonly
Commonly
Commonly
they did not think that they were lucky, or well paid for their time, unless they
got a long
string of fish, though they had the opportunity of seeing the pond all the
while. They measured their success by the length of a string of
fish.
while.
while.
They might go there a thousand times before the sediment of fishing would sink to
the bottom and
leave their purpose pure;
but no doubt such a clarifying process would be going on all
the while.
but no doubt such a clarifying process would be going on all the while.
but no doubt such a clarifying process would be going on all the while.
The governor and his council
faintly remember the pond, for
they went a-fishing there when they were boys; but now they are too old and dignified
to go a-fishing,
and so they know it no more forever.
Yet even they expect to go to heaven at last.
Yet even they expect to go to heaven at last.
Yet even they expect to go to heaven at last.
If the legislature regards it, it is chiefly to regulate the number of hooks to be
used in fishing
used
used
there;
but they know nothing about the book of hooks with which to angle for the
pond itself, impaling the legislature for a bait. Thus, even in civilized
society
societies
communities
communities,
the embryo man passes through the hunter stage of development.
I have found repeatedly, of late years, that I cannot fish without falling a little
in self-respect. I have tried it again and again. I have skill at it, and,
as I have said
as I have said
as I have said
as I have said
as I have said
as I have said
as I have said
like many of my fellows
like many of my fellows,
a certain instinct for it, which revives from time to time, but always when I have
done I feel
that it would have been better if I had not fished. I think
I am not mistaken
I am not mistaken
I am not mistaken
I am not mistaken
I am not mistaken
I am not mistaken
that I am not mistaken
do not mistake
that I do not mistake.
It is a faint intimation, yet so are the first streaks of morning.
There is unquestionably this instinct in me which belongs to the lower orders
of creation; yet with every year I am less a fisherman, though without more humanity
or even wisdom;
in fact, at present
in fact, at present
in fact, at present
in fact, at present
in fact, at present
in fact, at present
in fact, at present
at present
I am no fisherman at all.
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted
to become a fisher and hunter in earnest.though
but I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to be
a fisherman
become a fisher and hunter in earnest
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted
to become a fisher and hunter in earnest.though
but I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to be
a fisherman
become a fisher and hunter in earnest
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted
to become a fisher and hunter in earnest.though
but I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to be
a fisherman
become a fisher and hunter in earnest
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted
to become a fisher and hunter in earnest.though
but I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to be
a fisherman
become a fisher and hunter in earnest
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted
to become a fisher and hunter in earnest.though
but I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to be
a fisherman
become a fisher and hunter in earnest
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to become
a fisher
and hunter in earnest.
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to become
a fisher
and hunter in earnest.
But I see that if I were to live in a wilderness I should again be tempted to become
a fisher
and hunter in earnest.
When I have
had caught my fish and cooked them, I have
had gained nothing by it, but perhaps lost rather. There
When I have
had caught my fish and cooked them, I have
had gained nothing by it, but perhaps lost rather. There
When I have
had caught my fish and cooked them, I have
had gained nothing by it, but perhaps lost rather. There
When I have
had caught my fish and cooked them, I have
had gained nothing by it, but perhaps lost rather. There
When I have
had caught my fish and cooked them, I have
had gained nothing by it, but perhaps lost rather. There
Beside, there
Beside, there
Beside, there
is something essentially unclean about this diet and all flesh, and I began to see
where
housework commences, and whence the endeavor, which costs so much, to wear a tidy
and respectable
appearance each day, to keep the house sweet and free from all ill odors and sights.
Being
Being
Being
Being
Being
Having been
Having been
Having been
my own butcher and scullion and cook, as well as the gentleman for whom the dishes
are
are
are
are
are
were
were
were
served up, I can speak from an unusually complete experience. The practical objection
to animal
food in my case was its uncleanness;
and, besides,
and, besides,
and, besides,
and, besides,
and, besides,
and, besides,
and, besides,
and, besides,
when I had caught and cleaned and cooked and eaten my fish, they seemed not to have
fed me
essentially. It was insignificant and unnecessary,
after all. It was always to pay too dear for your whistle
after all. It was always to pay too dear for your whistle
after all. It was always to pay too dear for your whistle
after all. It was always to pay too dear for your whistle
after all. It was always to pay too dear for your whistle
and cost more than it came to.
and cost more than it came to.
and cost more than it came to.
A little bread or a few potatoes would have done as well, with less trouble and filth.
Like
many of my contemporaries, I had rarely for many years used animal food, or tea, or
coffee, &c.;
not so much because of any ill effects which I had traced to
them in my own case, though I had my theories on that subject
them in my own case, though I had my theories on that subject
them in my own case, though I had my theories on that subject
them in my own case, though I had my theories on that subject
them in my own case, though I had my theories on that subject
them,
them,
them,
as because they were not agreeable to my imagination. The repugnance to animal food
is not the
effect of experience, but is an instinct. It appeared more beautiful to live low and
fare hard in many
respects; and though I never did so, I went far enough to please my imagination. I
believe that every
man since Adam, and including him,
man since Adam, and including him,
man since Adam, and including him,
man since Adam, and including him,
man since Adam, and including him,
man
man
man
who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best
condition has
been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food, and from much food of any
kind. It is a
significant fact,
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affirmed
stated
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affirmed
stated
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affirmed
stated
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affirmed
stated
stated
stated
stated
by entomologists,
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I find it in Kirby and Spence,
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I find it in Kirby and Spence,
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I find it in Kirby and Spence,
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I find it in Kirby and Spence,
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I find it in Kirby and Spence,
I find it in Kirby and Spence,
I find it in Kirby and Spence,
I find it in Kirby and Spence,
that “some insects in their perfect state,
though furnished with organs of feeding, make no use of
them , and consume no food whatever
them , and consume no food whatever
them , and consume no food whatever
them , and consume no food whatever
them , and consume no food whatever
them;
them;
them;
and they
say, “it may be laid
lay it
say, “it may be laid
lay it
say, “it may be laid
lay it
say, “it may be laid
lay it
say, “it may be laid
lay it
lay it
lay it
lay it
down as “a general rule, that almost all insects in this state eat much less than
in that of
larvæ. The voracious caterpillar when transformed into a
butterfly needs only a small quantity of honey
butterfly needs only a small quantity of honey
butterfly needs only a small quantity of honey
butterfly needs only a small quantity of honey
butterfly needs only a small quantity of honey
butterfly,”
butterfly,”
butterfly,”
. . “and the gluttonous maggot when become a fly,”
contents itself
content themselves
contents itself
content themselves
contents itself
content themselves
contents itself
content themselves
contents itself
content themselves
content themselves
content themselves
content themselves
with a drop or two of
any
honey or some other
any
honey or some other
any
honey or some other
any
honey or some other
any
honey or some other
honey or some other
honey or some other
honey or some other
sweet liquid.
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condition. The abdomen of the butterfly still represents it
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
This is the tidbit that tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the
larva state, and there are whole nations in that condition . The abdomen of the butterfly
still represents it
nations without fancy or imagination whose vast abdomens betray them
By a certain portion of Christendom the custom of doing without meat at certain
seasons, which no doubt has a higher origin & significance than they are aware of,
is
made synonomous with fasting
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condition. The abdomen of the butterfly still represents it
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
This is the tidbit that tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the
larva state, and there are whole nations in that condition . The abdomen of the butterfly
still represents it
nations without fancy or imagination whose vast abdomens betray them
By a certain portion of Christendom the custom of doing without meat at certain
seasons, which no doubt has a higher origin & significance than they are aware of,
is
made synonomous with fasting
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condition. The abdomen of the butterfly still represents it
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
This is the tidbit that tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the
larva state, and there are whole nations in that condition . The abdomen of the butterfly
still represents it
nations without fancy or imagination whose vast abdomens betray them
By a certain portion of Christendom the custom of doing without meat at certain
seasons, which no doubt has a higher origin & significance than they are aware of,
is
made synonomous with fasting
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condition. The abdomen of the butterfly still represents it
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
This is the tidbit that tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the
larva state, and there are whole nations in that condition . The abdomen of the butterfly
still represents it
nations without fancy or imagination whose vast abdomens betray them
By a certain portion of Christendom the custom of doing without meat at certain
seasons, which no doubt has a higher origin & significance than they are aware of,
is
made synonomous with fasting
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condition. The abdomen of the butterfly still represents it
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly still represents the larva.
This is the tidbit that tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the
larva state, and there are whole nations in that condition . The abdomen of the butterfly
still represents it
nations without fancy or imagination whose vast abdomens betray them
By a certain portion of Christendom the custom of doing without meat at certain
seasons, which no doubt has a higher origin & significance than they are aware of,
is
made synonomous with fasting
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly stir represents the larva. This is the
tid-bit
which tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the larva state;
and there are
whole nations in that condition, nations without fancy or imagination, whose vast
abdomens
betray them.
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly stir represents the larva. This is the
tid-bit
which tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the larva state;
and there are
whole nations in that condition, nations without fancy or imagination, whose vast
abdomens
betray them.
The abdomen under the wings of the butterfly stir represents the larva. This is the
tid-bit
which tempts his insectivorous fate. The gross feeder is a man in the larva state;
and there are
whole nations in that condition, nations without fancy or imagination, whose vast
abdomens
betray them.
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Indeed it is hard in practice
It is hard
It is hard
It is hard
to provide and cook so simple and clean a diet as will not offend the imagination;
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but
but
but
but
this, I think, is to be fed when we feed the body; they should both sit down at the
same table. Yet
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perchance
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
perhaps
this may be done. The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites,
nor
interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it
will poison you. It
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is
is
is
is
not worth the while to live by
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rich
rich
rich
cookery. Most men would feel shame if caught preparing with their own hands precisely
such a
dinner, whether of animal or vegetable food, as is every day
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provided
prepared
prepared
prepared
prepared
for them by others. Yet till this is otherwise we are not civilized, and, if gentlemen
and ladies,
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are
are
are
not true men and women. This certainly suggests what change is to be made. It may
be vain to ask
why the imagination will not be reconciled to flesh and fat.
It is obvious
I am satisfied
I am satisfied
I am satisfied
I am satisfied
that it is not. Is it not a reproach that man is a carnivorous
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or rabbit which I have snared, or if you prefer it a lamb which I have slaughtered
animal? I speak now while I am bringing home a string of fish, or a partridge
or rabbit which I have snared, or if you prefer it a lamb which I have slaughtered.
animal?
animal?
animal?
True, he can and does live, in a great measure, by preying on other animals; but
this is a miserable
way of sustaining himself
way,
way,
way,
—
as any one who will go to snaring rabbits, or slaughtering lambs, may
learn,
as any one who will go to snaring rabbits, or slaughtering lambs, may learn,
as any one who will go to snaring rabbits, or slaughtering lambs, may learn,
as any one who will go to snaring rabbits, or slaughtering lambs, may learn,
—and he will be regarded as a benefactor of his
race , along with Prometheus and Christ
together with Prometheus and Christ
race
race
race
who shall teach man
to confine himself to
to confine himself to
to confine himself to
to confine himself to
a more innocent and wholesome diet.
Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is a part of the
destiny of the human race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage tribes have left off eating each other when they came in
contact with the more civilized.
Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny
of the human
race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage
tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny
of the human
race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage
tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
Whatever my own practice may be, I have no doubt that it is a part of the destiny
of the human
race, in its gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals, as surely as the savage
tribes have left off eating each other when they came in contact with the more civilized.
If I listen to the faintest but constant suggestions of my genius which are certainly true I see not to what extremes or even insanity it would lead me—and yet that way as I grow more
resolute and faithful my road lies
If I listen to the faintest but constant suggestions of my genius which are certainly true I see not to what extremes or even insanity it would lead me—and yet that way as I grow more
resolute and faithful my road lies
If I listen to the faintest but constant suggestions of my genius which are certainly true I see not to what extremes or even insanity it would lead me—and yet that way as I grow more
resolute and faithful my road lies
If I listen to the faintest but constant suggestions of my genius which are certainly true I see not to what extremes or even insanity it would lead me—and yet that way as I grow more
resolute and faithful my road lies
If I listen
one listens to the faintest but constant suggestions of my
his genius, which are certainly true, I see
he sees not to what extremes or even insanity it would lead
me
may lead him and yet that way as I grow
he grows more resolute and faithful my
his road lies
If one listens to the faintest but constant suggestions of his genius, which are certainly
true,
he sees not to what extremes, or even insanity, it may lead him; and yet that way,
as he grows more
resolute and faithful, his road lies.
If one listens to the faintest but constant suggestions of his genius, which are certainly
true,
he sees not to what extremes, or even insanity, it may lead him; and yet that way,
as he grows more
resolute and faithful, his road lies.
If one listens to the faintest but constant suggestions of his genius, which are certainly
true,
he sees not to what extremes, or even insanity, it may lead him; and yet that way,
as he grows more
resolute and faithful, his road lies.
The faintest assured objection which one healthy man feels will at length prevail
over the
arguments and customs of mankind. No man ever followed his genius till it misled him.
Though the result were bodily weakness, yet
no man perhaps
no man perhaps
no man perhaps
no man perhaps
no man
one perhaps
perhaps no one
perhaps no one
perhaps no one
can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformity
to higher
principles. If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life
emits a fragrance
like flowers and sweet-scented herbs,
is more
is more
is more
is more
is more
is more
is more
elastic, more starry, more immortal,— that is your success. All nature is your congratulation,
and
you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. The greatest gains and values are farthest
from being
appreciated. We
can easily
easily
easily
easily
easily
easily
easily
easily
come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality.
Perhaps
Perhaps
Perhaps
Perhaps
the facts most astounding and most real are never communicated by man to man. The
true harvest of
my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning
or evening. It is a
little star-dust caught,
It is a segment
a segment
a segment
a segment
a segment
a segment
a segment
a segment
of the rainbow which I have
clutched But practically I am but
only half-converted by my own arguments for I still fish
clutched.
clutched.
clutched.
clutched.
clutched.
clutched.
clutched.
Yet,
for my own part
for my part,
for my part,
for my part,
I was never unusually
squeamish I assure you
squeamish;
squeamish;
squeamish;
I could sometimes eat a fried rat
with a good relish, if
it were necessary. I am glad to have drunk water so long, for the same reason that
I prefer the natural
sky to an opium-eater’s heaven.
I would
fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness. I believe that
it
water
water
water
water
is the only drink for a wise man;
wine is not so noble a liquor if it is to drink, and
wine is not so noble a liquor; and
wine is not so noble a liquor; and
wine is not so noble a liquor; and
think of dashing the hopes of a morning with a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening
with a dish of
tea!
Ah how low I fell when I was tempted by them
Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them!
Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them!
Ah, how low I fall when I am tempted by them!
Even music may be intoxicating. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and
Rome, and will
destroy England and America. Of all ebriosity,
I
who does not prefer to be intoxicated on the air I breathe
he breathes
who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?
who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?
who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes?
I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued,
that they
compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also.
I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued,
that they
compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also.
I have found it to be the most serious objection to coarse labors long continued,
that they
compelled me to eat and drink coarsely also.
But to tell the truth, I find myself at present somewhat less particular in these
respects. I
carry less religion to the table, ask no blessing; not because I am wiser than I was,
but, I am obliged
to confess, because, however much it is to be regretted, with years I have grown more
coarse and
indifferent.
However, I do not regard
Perhaps these questions are entertained only in youth, as most believe of poetry.
My practice is
“nowhere,” my opinion is here. Nevertheless I am far from regarding
Perhaps these questions are entertained only in youth, as most believe of poetry.
My practice is
“nowhere,” my opinion is here. Nevertheless I am far from regarding
Perhaps these questions are entertained only in youth, as most believe of poetry.
My practice is
“nowhere,” my opinion is here. Nevertheless I am far from regarding
myself as one of those privileged ones to whom the Ved
refers when it says, that “he who has true faith in the Omnipresent Supreme Being
may eat all that
exists,” that is, is not bound to inquire what is his food, or who prepares it; and
even in their case it
is to be observed, as
Rammohun Roy
a Hindoo commentator
a Hindoo commentator
a Hindoo commentator
has remarked, that the Vedant limits this privilege to “the time of distress.”
Who has not sometimes derived an inexpressible satisfaction from his food in which
appetite had no share? I have been thrilled to think that I owed a mental perception
to the commonly
gross sense of taste, that I have been inspired through the palate, that some berries
which I had eaten
on a hill-side had fed my
brain, my fancy and imagination
genius
genius.
genius.
genius.
“The soul not being mistress of herself,” says Thseng-tseu,
“one looks, and one does not see; one listens, and one does not hear; one eats, and
one
does not know the savor of
food.”
And his master Confucius says
says Confucius “Of all men there is no one who does not eat and drink, but very few
among them know how to distinguish savors.”
food.”
food.”
food.”
He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does
not cannot be otherwise.
I have seen a puritan
A puritan may
a puritan may
a puritan may
a puritan may
go to his brown-bread crust with as gross an appetite as ever an alderman
to his
turtle. I need not look beyond myself for my examples
turtle.
turtle.
turtle.
Not that food which entereth into the mouth defileth a man, but the appetite with
which it is
eaten.
It is neither the quality nor
the quantity, but the devotion to sensual savors;
when that which is eaten is not a viand which sustains our
peculiar human life but food for the worms that possess us
when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual
life, but
food for the worms that possess us.
when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual
life, but
food for the worms that possess us.
when that which is eaten is not a viand to sustain our animal, or inspire our spiritual
life, but
food for the worms that possess us.
If the hunter has a taste for mud-turtles, muskrats, and other such savage tid-bits,
the fine lady
indulges a taste for
some form of potted cheese, or jelly
jelly
jelly
jelly
made of a calf’s foot, or for sardines from over the sea, and they are even. He goes
to the
mill-pond, she to her preserve-pot. The wonder is how they, how
you and
you and
you and
you and
I, can live this slimy beastly life, eating and
drinking. Though We are wont to attribute to woman a
finer and more sibylline nature than to man, but I am struck with the fact that so many of the
most refined young women are so intolerant of these reforms, and that the philosopher
but I am struck with the fact that in these respects she is rarely a reformer is so
intolerant of reform and that the philosopher
I am not sure but he who seeks most faithfully to refine and ennoble
life in these respects, will after all find more sympathy in the intellect &
philosophy of man, than in the refinement and delicacy of woman. Can it be that woman
yields a more
implicit obedience to her animal instincts than man,—or are the harshness & crudity
of all
reform more repugnant to her taste & to her easy conforming nature?
drinking.
drinking.
drinking.
How wonderfully moral is our whole life
Our whole life is startlingly moral
Our whole life is startlingly moral.
Our whole life is startlingly moral.
There is never an instant’s truce between virtue and vice. Goodness is the only investment
that
never fails. In the
harp music
music of the harp
music of the harp
music of the harp
which trembles round the world it is the insisting on this which thrills us. The
harp is the
travelling patterer for the Universe’s Insurance Company, recommending its laws, and
our little goodness
is all the assessment that we pay. Though the youth at last grows indifferent, the
laws of the universe
are not indifferent, but are forever on the side of the most sensitive. Listen to
every zephyr for some
reproof,
for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it. for
sure it is surely there, & fortunate is he that hears it
unfortunate is he that does not hear it
for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it.
for it is surely there, and he is unfortunate who does not hear it.
We cannot touch a string or
make a sound
move a stop
move a stop
move a stop
but the charming moral transfixes us. Many an irksome noise, go a long way off, is
heard as music,
a proud sweet satire on the meanness of our
life
lives
lives.
lives.
I am conscious in myself of an animal nature which awakens when the
spirit
my intellectual nature slumbers, but while the spirit
this is awake is inactive
I am conscious in myself of an animal nature which awakens when the
spirit
my intellectual nature slumbers, but while the spirit
this is awake is inactive
We are conscious in ourselves of an animal in us which
awakens in proportion as our intellectual
higher nature slumbers
We are conscious of an animal in us, which awakens in proportion as our higher nature
slumbers.
It is reptile and sensual, and perhaps cannot
wholly be
wholly be
wholly be
be wholly
expelled; like the worms which, even in life and health, occupy our bodies.
It feeds and drinks, and reposes, and would fain gratify the most sensual
appetite, in spite of the spirit
intellect. It would seem as if I might withdraw from it, but
could
Possibly we may withdraw from it, but
Possibly we may withdraw from it, but
Possibly we may withdraw from it, but
never change its nature. I fear that it
may even
may
may
may
enjoy a certain health of its own; that we may be well, yet not pure.
I picked up the other day
The other day I picked up
The other day I picked up
The other day I picked up
the lower jaw of a hog,
with white and sound teeth and tusks, which suggested
that there was an animal health and vigor distinct from the
spiritualas it is called
spiritualas it is called
spiritual as it is called
spiritual.
This creature succeeded by other means than temperance and purity. “That in which
men differ
from brute beasts,” says Mencius,
“is a thing very inconsiderable; the common
herd lose it very soon; superior men preserve it carefully.”
I do not know how it is with other men, but I find it very difficult to be chaste.
Methinks I can be chaste in my relation to persons, and yet I do not find myself
clean. I have frequent cause to be ashamed of myself. I
am well, but I am not pure. What other sort of life would result if I were I cannot
say
Who knows what sort of life would result if we had attained to purity?
Who knows what sort of life would result if we had attained to purity?
Who knows what sort of life would result if we had attained to purity?
If I knew so wise a man as could teach me purity I would go to seek him forthwith.
“A command
over our passions, and over the external senses of the body, and good acts, are declared
by the
Ved
to be indispensable in the mind’s approximation
to God.”
Yet I have experienced that the spirit can
Yet the spirit can for the time
Yet the spirit can for the time
Yet the spirit can for the time
pervade and control every member and function of the body, and transmute what in
form
may be the lowest and
is the
is the
is the
grossest sensuality into
inspiration
inspiration
purity
purity
purity
and devotion.
The
divine liquors
divine liquors
vital energies
divine liquors
vital energies
vital energies
generative energy
generative energy,
which, when we are loose,
and profligate and dissipated, defile and make us unclean & bestial
and debauched, defile and make us unclean and bestial
and debauched, defile and make us unclean and bestial
dissipates and makes us unclean and bestial
dissipates and makes us unclean,
when we are continent
and chaste, inspire and invigorate us
and chaste, inspire and invigorate us
invigorates and inspires us
invigorates and inspires us.
invigorates and inspires us.
invigorates and inspires us.
A heroic and chaste man tastes his vigor sweet in his mouth. Chastity which includes all temperance and purity is the secret of
genius
A heroic and chaste man tastes his vigor sweet in his mouth. Chastity which
includes all temperance and purity is the secret of genius
A heroic and chaste man tastes his vigor sweet in his mouth. Chastity which
includes all temperance and purity is the secret of genius
A heroic man tastes his vigor sweet in his mouth. Chastity is the secret of
genius.
Chastity is the flowering of man & what are called
Genius—Heroism—Holiness and the like, are the
but various fruits which succeed it
Chastity is the flowering of man; and what are called Genius, Heroism, Holiness, and
the like,
are but various fruits which succeed it.
Man flows at once to God
as soon as the channel of purity, physical intellectual and moral
as soon as the channel of purity, physical and moral
when the channel of purity
when the channel of purity
when the channel of purity
when the channel of purity
is open. By turns
my purity has inspired me and my impurity has cast me
my purity has inspired me and my impurity cast me
our purity inspires and our impurity casts us
our purity inspires and our impurity casts us
our purity inspires and our impurity casts us
our purity inspires and our impurity casts us
down. He is
a happy man
a happy man
blessed
blessed
blessed
blessed
who is assured that the animal is dying out in him day by day, and the
spiritual
spiritual man
divine
divine
divine
divine
being established. Perhaps there is
no man
no man
no human being
none
none
none
none
but has cause for shame on account of the inferior and brutish nature to which he
is
allied, though his superior divine nature be not subjected to it
allied, though his superior divine nature be not subjected to it
allied.
allied.
allied.
We
Perhaps
I fear We
I fear that we
I fear that we
I fear that we
are such gods or demigods only as fauns and satyrs,
the divine allied to beasts,
the creatures of
instinct and appetite, and
instinct and appetite, and
instinct and appetite, and
instinct and appetite, and that
appetite, and that,
to some extent, our very life is our disgrace.—
“How happy’s he who hath due place assigned
To his beasts and disafforested his mind!
* * *
Can use this horse, goat, wolf, and ev’ry beast,
And is not ass himself to all the rest!
Else man not only is the herd of swine,
But he’s those devils too which did incline
Them to a headlong rage, and made them worse.”
All sensuality is one, though it
takes many forms; all
spirituality
spirituality
purity
purity
purity
purity
is one. It is the
same thing whether we
same thing whether we
same whether a man
same whether a man
same whether a man
eat, or drink, or cohabit, or sleep sensually. They are but one appetite, and we
only need to see
a person do any one of these things to know how great a sensualist he
is, and how he might do any other
is , and how he might do any other
is.
is.
is.
The impure can neither stand nor sit with
purity; the pure cannot eat nor drink nor cohabit with impurity
purity ; the pure cannot eat, nor drink nor drink nor cohabit with
impurity
purity.
purity.
purity.
When the reptile is attacked at one mouth of his burrow, he shows himself at
another. It is therefore vain to watch, or to pour water to drown him out at
one alone, when he may be far out in the clover field by another
another. It is therefore vain to watch, or to pour water to drown him out at
one alone, when he may be far out in the clover field by another
another.
another.
another.
If you would be chaste, you must be temperate. What is chastity? How shall a man
know if he is
chaste? He shall not know it. We have heard of this virtue, but we know not what it
is. We speak
conformably to the rumor which we have heard. From exertion come wisdom and purity;
from sloth ignorance and
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from which cats & dogs & slothful persons hug the fire, you are on the downward road.
Better the cold affection of the sun, reflected from fields of ice & snow or his warmth
in some
still
n
Note: a leaf is missing (R. Clapper)
attain to. We may love and not elevate one another. The love that takes us as it finds
us,
degrades us. What watch we must keep over the fairest & finest of our affections lest
there
be some taint about them. May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our
love
sensuality. Go not to a warm latitude in order to live a simple and pure life.
It will be harder there than it is here. If you migrate let it be to a colder and
more stubborn
soil still. Be a highlander, a mountaineer in virtue. Virtue was not born under a
palm
tree
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that
from which cats & dogs & slothful persons hug the fire, you are on the downward road.
Better the cold affection of the sun, reflected from fields of ice & snow or his warmth
in some
still
n
Note: a leaf is missing (R. Clapper)
attain to. We may love and not elevate one another. The love that takes us as it finds
us,
degrades us. What watch we must keep over the fairest & finest of our affections lest
there
be some taint about them. May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our
love
sensuality. Go not to a warm latitude in order to live a simple and pure life.
It will be harder there than it is here. If you migrate let it be to a colder and
more stubborn
soil still. Be a highlander, a mountaineer in virtue. Virtue was not born under a
palm
tree
sensuality.
sensuality.
sensuality.
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In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind.
In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind.
In the student sensuality is a sluggish habit of mind.
An unclean person is
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universally
universally
universally
a slothful one, one who sits
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him
astride of a stove; who remains in bed after the light-bringer has awakened
him
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him
astride of a stove; who remains in bed after the light-bringer has awakened
him
by a stove,
by a stove,
by a stove,
whom the sun shines on prostrate, who reposes without being fatigued. If you would
avoid
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uncleanness, impurity
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uncleanness, impurity
uncleanness,
uncleanness,
uncleanness,
and all the sins, work
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earnestly and industriously
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earnestly and industriously
earnestly,
earnestly,
earnestly,
though it be at cleaning a stable.
Nature
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a
stable? It is the first job he will find to do. Ah! nature
And considering the state of the worker, how can his work be other than cleaning a
stable? It
This is the first job
work he will find to do. Though it is made an important object with some reformers
to put their washing out & get it done by the community—but they will find at last
that they
have got to take it further in—their washing and their purifying Ah! nature
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a
stable? It is the first job he will find to do. Ah! nature
And considering the state of the worker, how can his work be other than cleaning a
stable? It
This is the first job
work he will find to do. Though it is made an important object with some reformers
to put their washing out & get it done by the community—but they will find at last
that they
have got to take it further in—their washing and their purifying Ah! nature
Nature
Nature
Nature
is hard to be overcome, but she must be overcome. What avails it that you are Christian,
if you
are not
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purer
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more pure
purer
purer
purer
purer
than the heathen, if you deny yourself no more, if you are not more religious? I
know of many
systems of religion esteemed heathenish whose precepts fill the reader with shame,
and
provoke him to new endeavors, though it be to the performance of rites merely.
I hesitate to say these things, but
it is not because of the subject,—
but because I cannot speak of them without betraying my impurity
but because I cannot speak of them without betraying my impurity. I am not afraid that my words will be obscene—nobody is—I am only afraid
that you will think me obscene—
because I
I care not how obscene my are,—but because I cannot speak of them without
betraying my impurity.
I care not how obscene my are,—but because I cannot speak of them without
betraying my impurity.
I care not how obscene my are,—but because I cannot speak of them without
betraying my impurity.
We discourse freely without shame of one form of sensuality, and are silent about
another. We are
so degraded that we cannot speak simply of the necessary functions of human nature.
In earlier ages, every function was reverently spoken of and regulated by
law.
In earlier ages, in some countries, every function was reverently spoken of and regulated
by
law.
In earlier ages, in some countries, every function was reverently spoken of and regulated
by
law.
In earlier ages, in some countries, every function was reverently spoken of and regulated
by
law.
In earlier ages, in some countries, every function was reverently spoken of and regulated
by
law.
Nothing
is
was
was
was
was
was
too trivial
or offensive to modern taste for the Hindoo lawgiver
or
however offensive to modern taste for the Hindoo lawgiver
or
however offensive to modern taste for the Hindoo lawgiver
however offensive to modern taste for the Hindoo lawgiver however
offensive it may be to modern taste
for the Hindoo lawgiver, however offensive it may be to modern taste.
He teaches how to eat, drink, cohabit, void excrement and urine,
sleep, &c., &c.
sleep, &c., &c.
and the like
and the like,
and the like,
and the like,
elevating what is mean, and does not falsely excuse himself by calling these things
trifles.
Every man is the builder of a temple, called his
body, to the god he worships,
after a
style, neither Egyptian nor Grecian, nor Gothic—but
style, neither Egyptian nor Grecian, nor Gothic—but
style , neither Egyptian, nor Grecian, nor Gothic, but
style
purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead.
Who can doubt the influence of the character on the bodily features?
We
Who can doubt the influence of the character on the bodily features?
We
Who can doubt the influence of the character on the bodily features?
We
We
are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.
Any
nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features, any meanness or sensuality to
imbrute them.
John
Spaulding
Spaulding
Spaulding
Spaulding
Farmer
sat at his door one
evening in September
evening in September
September evening
September evening,
September evening,
September evening,
after a hard day’s work, his mind still running on his
work
work
labor
labor
labor
labor
more or less. Having bathed, he sat down to recreate
his intellectual man.
had sat down to think a quiet thought, and recreate his intellectual part
had sat down to think a quiet thought, and recreate his intellectual
part
man
had sat down to think a quiet thought, and recreate his intellectual
part
man
sat down to think a quiet thought, and recreate his intellectual man
sat down to recreate his intellectual man
It was a rather cool evening, and some of his neighbors were apprehending a
frost. but his instinct
Genius apprehended something else
frost. but his instinct
Genius apprehended something else
frost. but his instinct
Genius apprehended something else
frost —but his Genius was apprehending something else
frost.
He had not attended to the train of his thoughts long when he heard some one playing
on a
flute,
and that sound harmonized with his mood.
one of his neighbors playing on his flute and that was a sound which harmonized with
his mood
one of his neighbors playing on his flute, and that was a sound which harmonized
with his mood
some one playing on a flute, and that sound guided him back toward a path
he had lost in the morning
one of his neighbors playing on his flute, and that was a sound which harmonized
with his mood
some one playing on a flute, and that sound guided him back toward a path
he had lost in the morning
some one playing on a flute, and that sound guided him back toward a path he had
lost
harmonized with his mood
some one playing on a flute, and that sound harmonized with his mood
Still
Still
Still
Still
Still
he thought of his
work at first
work;
work;
work;
work;
but the burden of his thought was,
but the burden of his thought was,
but the burden of his thought was,
but the burden of his thought was,
but the burden of his thought was,
that though
it
it
this
it
this
his work
this
this
kept running in his head, and he found himself planning and contriving it against
his will, yet
how little it concerned him
how little it concerned him very
little
it concerned him very little.
it concerned him very little.
it concerned him very little.
It was no more than the scurf of his skin, which was constantly shuffled
off —or rather by this effort he cast his slough from time to time
off —or rather by this effort he cast his slough from time to time
off —or rather by this effort he cast his slough from time to time
off —or rather by this effort he cast his slough from time to time
off.
But the notes of the flute came home to his ears out of a different sphere from that
he worked in,
or his neighbors lived in & they
or his neighbors lived in, and they
or his neighbors lived in, and they
or his neighbors lived in, and
and
suggested work for certain faculties which slumbered in him. They gently did away
with the street,
and the village, and the state in which he lived. A voice
seemed to say
seemed to say
seemed to say
seemed to say
said
said
to him,—Why do you stay here and live this
mean dusty
mean dusty
mean
mean
mean
moiling life, when a
worthy and glorious
worthy and glorious
glorious
glorious
glorious
existence is possible for you? Those same stars twinkle over other fields than
this
this
these.
these.
these.
—But how to come out of this
condition
condition
condition
and actually migrate thither? All that he could think of was to practise some new
austerity, to
let his mind descend into his body and redeem it, and treat himself with ever increasing
respect.
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