 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pages
...comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot ; as I implied before, they are cooked, of course " a la mode. Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. "With respect to luxuries and... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...the world is not mirth, but art ; the wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise S<>nih, n flesh helps soul. Bnyivntng. All good things go in threes. Ger. ana Fr. Pr. not indispensable, but positive hindrances, to the elevation of mankind. Thortau, Most of the mischief... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 646 pages
...kept comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot; as I implied before, they are cooked, of course a la mode. Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1897 - 348 pages
...kept comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot ; as I immied before, they are cooked, of course a la mode. Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, 4?e not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. "With respect... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1899 - 386 pages
...comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot ; as I implied before, they are cooked, of course a la mode. Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. With respect to luxuries and... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 428 pages
...kept comfortably warm, but unnaturally hot; as I implied before, they are rooked, of course h la mode. Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispens.il )le, but pc hindrances to the elevation of mankiiui^^With res;, -ct to luxuries and... | |
 | Annette Fitch Brewer - 1913 - 404 pages
...need for his book in 1 854 how much greater is that need to-day ! Listen to some of his sentences: " Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. I have in my mind that exceedingly... | |
 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 pages
...pale his light. Tbid. She with one breath attunes the spheres, And also my poor human heart. Ibid. Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. Walden. It is true, I never... | |
 | Franklin Pierce Adams - 1922 - 140 pages
...Thoreau's? If we were an advertiser, we'd cancel our contract with any magazine that reprinted Thoreau's "Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts...positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind?" AT THE savings bank hangs a picture of a bread line and a line at the teller's window. "On which line... | |
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Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts, of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind. 
