 My heart is fixed firm and stable in the belief that ultimately the sunshine and the summer, the flowers and the azure sky, shall become, as it were, interwoven into man's existence. He shall take from all their beauty and enjoy their glory. Hence it...  Richard Jefferies: His Life and Work - Page 216by Edward Thomas - 1909 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1883 - 876 pages
...us with little ceasing, as the sea-hoofs beat on the beach. Let us not look at ourselves but onward, and take strength from the leaf and the signs of the field. He is indeed despicable who cannot look onward to the ideal life of man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. The long grass flowing... | |
 | Richard Jefferies - 1884 - 314 pages
...one and all a sign and token showing before our eyes earth made into life. So that my hope b ecomes as broad as the horizon afar, reiterated by every...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. The long grass flowing towards the hedge has reared in a wave against it. Along the hedge it is higher... | |
 | Richard Jefferies - 1884 - 318 pages
...see that every line in my face means pessimism; but in spite of my face—that is my experience—I remain an optimist. Time with an unsteady hand has...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. The long grass flowing towards the hedge has reared in a wave against it. Along the hedge it is higher... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1888 - 404 pages
...come the wings that by-and-by shall pass the immense sea. It is in this marvellous trans formation of clods and cold matter into living things that the...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. . . . " It is the patient humble-bee that goes down into the forest of the mowing-grass. If entangled,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1888 - 442 pages
...inscription speaking of hope. Consider the grasses and the oaks, the swallows, the sweet blue butterfty — they are one and all a sign and token showing before...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. . . . " It is the patient humble-bee that goes down into the forest of the mowing-grass. If entangled,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1888 - 434 pages
...see that every line in my face means pessimism ; THE COUNTRY LIFE. 261 but in spite of my face—that is my experience —I remain an optimist. Time with...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. . . . " It is the patient humble-bee that goes down into the forest of the mowing-grass. If entangled,... | |
 | Walter Besant - 1893 - 540 pages
...the wings that by-and-by shall pass the immense sea. It is in this marvellous trans 17—2 formation of clods and cold matter into living things that the...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. . . . " It is the patient humble-bee that goes down into the forest of the mowing-grass. If entangled,... | |
 | Richard Jefferies - 1902 - 240 pages
...them the life of the fabled Immortals. My heart is fixed firm and stable in the belief that ulitmately the sunshine and the summer, the flowers and the azure...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind. The long grass flowing towards the hedge has reared in a wave against it. Along the hedge it is higher... | |
 | Frank Channing Haddock - 1910 - 476 pages
...awaken! The New Day is yours. — THE AUTHOR. THE CULTURE OF COURAGE. CHAPTER I. THE WORLD'S NEW DAWN. "Let us not look at ourselves but onwards, and take...man. Not to do so is to deny our birthright of mind." — Thomas Coke Watkins. AM often asked, " Do you think the world is really becoming better?" My inmost... | |
 | Haydn Brown - 1915 - 338 pages
...your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts ; therefore guard accordingly. MARCUS AURELIUS. Let us not look at ourselves but onwards, and take strength from the leaf and the signs of the fields. He is despicable who cannot look onwards to the ideal life of man. Not to do so is to deny... | |
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