Nature Adresses And Lectures
, by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- ISBN: 9781419136818 | 141913681X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2004
Under the general name of Commodity, I rank all those advantages which our senses owe to nature. This, of course, is a benefit which is temporary and mediate, not ultimate, like its service to the soul. Yet although low, it is perfect in its kind, and is the only use of nature which all men apprehend. The misery of man appears like childish petulance, when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and delight.
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