 I WISH to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil — to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society.  Excursions - Seite 251von Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 472 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1880 - 1000 Seiten
...deliberate purpose. He says in his paper on walking, that he wishes to make an extreme statement, if so he may make an emphatic one, for "there are enough champions of civilization." I regard this passage as the key to Thoreau's whole life conduct. \ His circumstances, and his taste... | |
 | 1890 - 814 Seiten
...CAMPING-OUT BOOKS, AND OTHER VOLUMES FOR OUT-OF-DOORS. 1 wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom...parcel of Nature rather than a member of society. . . . All good things are wild and free. — THOREAU. WOODS AND LAKES OF MAINE. A Trip from Moosehead... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1901 - 324 Seiten
...! ESSAYS AND LETTERS. ' ESS A YS. WALKING. [1862.] I WISH to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom...an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilisation : the minister and the school committee, and every one of you will take care of that.... | |
 | 1891 - 642 Seiten
...tonic affect of their savagery upon him. "I wish to speak a word for nature," he said, "for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom...culture merely civil, to regard man as an inhabitant, a part and parcel of nature rather than as a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement;... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 492 Seiten
...Surely, men love darkness rather than light. WALKING I WISH to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom...enough champions of civilization : the minister and the school -committee and every one of you will take care of that. I have met with but one or two persons... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - 1896 - 304 Seiten
...and culture merely civil, to regard man as an inhabitant, a part and parcel of nature, rather than as a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement;...enough champions of civilization. The minister and the school committees, and every one of you, will take care of that." To Thoreau's admirers, he is the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 608 Seiten
...Ticknor & Fields; 1893, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. I WISH to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom...enough champions of civilization; the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that. I have met with but one or two persons... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - 1899 - 314 Seiten
...and culture merely civil, to regard man as an inhabitant, a part and parcel of nature, rather than as a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement...enough champions of civilization. The minister and the school committees, and every one of you, will take care of that." To Thoreau's admirers, he is the... | |
 | David Starr Jordan - 1899 - 324 Seiten
...tonic effect of their savagery upon him. " I wish to speak a word for nature," he said, " for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom...culture merely civil, to regard man as an inhabitant, a part and parcel of nature, rather than as a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement... | |
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