 I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plough and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come the tonics...  The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Page 275by Henry David Thoreau - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Henry David Thoreau - American literature - 1883 - 336 pages
...speak is but another name for the Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends...Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every State which has risen... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Conduct of life - 1901 - 324 pages
...speak is but another name for the Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends...and barks which brace mankind. ' Our ancestors were s.. vi ; es. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 492 pages
...speak is but another name for the Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends...mankind. Our ancestors were savages. The story of Eomulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which... | |
 | John Horne - 1904 - 172 pages
...Alexander Smith. " In Wildness is the preWildness : l The World's servation of the world. The Tonic. ... cities import it at any price. Men plough and sail for it. From the wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind. Little is to be expected of a nation when... | |
 | Walking - 1905 - 104 pages
...speak is but another name for the Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends...and barks which brace mankind. Our ancestors were sa~> ages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Authors, American - 1906 - 474 pages
...Every tree sends its fibres forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come...Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen... | |
 | American essays - 1910 - 506 pages
...speak is but another name for the Wild; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends...Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen... | |
 | Ritter Brown - Social problems - 1911 - 334 pages
...be meadow and forest. ... In Wildness is the preservation of the world. Every tree sends its fibers forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and the wilderness come the tonics and barks which brace mankind.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Nature - 1914 - 118 pages
...speak is but another name for the Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is, that in Wildness is the preservation of the World. Every tree sends...import it at any price. Men plough and sail for it. From_ the forestjypd wilderness come the tonics and_barks which bracejnankind. Our ancestors were savages.... | |
 | Brander Matthews - American essays - 1914 - 532 pages
...Every tree sends its fibers forth in search of the Wild. The cities import it at any price. Men plow and sail for it. From the forest and wilderness come...Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every State which has risen... | |
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