| William Jerdan - Authors, Scottish - 1866 - 514 pages
...cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings." It is but a terser song to bid — " Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher," and amplify the same into the source of every virtue, pleasure, and happiness. In personal appearance... | |
| Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 374 pages
...woodland linnet! How sweet his music ! On my life, There's more of wisdom in it " And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher...cheerfulness. " One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of gopd, Than all the sages can ! " 5. Just at my gate, the... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...sweet his music! On my life, There's more of wisdom in it. " And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings I He, too, is no mean preacher : Come forth into the...cheerfulness. " One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can!" 5. Just at my gate, the... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1897 - 1436 pages
...woodland linnet. How sweet his music! on my lite, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe tho throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come...into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves: Conie forth, and bring with you a heart... | |
| Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...woodland linnet, How sweet his music ! on my life, There 's more of wisdom in it. 4. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher...into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. 5. She has a world of ready wealth, Our minds and hearts to bless — Spontaneous wisdom breathed by... | |
| Sir Norman Lockyer - Science - 1900 - 1062 pages
...become a mere getting up of books, the cry of " Back to nature ! " was raised. As Wordsworth put it : " Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher." As a result, experimental demonstrations were tried; but they »ere found insufficient. And now laboratory... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 424 pages
...woodland linnet, How sweet his music ! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher...moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things :... | |
| United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1899 - 1416 pages
...woodland linnet. How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher:...into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher. Enough of Science and of Art; Close up these barren leaves: Come forth, and bring with you a heart... | |
| Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody - Kindergarten - 1870 - 230 pages
...learn to be wise in his vocation. For suitable preparation, the first, second, and third thing is, to " Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher." The " new education," . as the French call it, begins with children in the mother's arms. Froebel had... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - Authors - 1871 - 350 pages
...our minds impress; That we can feel this mind of ours In a wiee passiveness. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher...moral evil and of good Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ; Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things, —... | |
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