 | Henry David Thoreau - 1882 - 278 pagina’s
...belies that experience, and they are only less young than they were. I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything to the purpose. Here is life, an experiment... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1887 - 474 pagina’s
...times when we should be building the eternity. Feb. 11, 1852. ... I have lived some thirty odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably can tell me nothing, to the purpose. There is life, an experiment... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1887 - 458 pagina’s
...times when we should be building the eternity. Feb. 11, 1852. ... I have lived some thirty odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably can tell me nothing, to the purpose. There is life, an experiment... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1887 - 458 pagina’s
...times when we should be building the eternity. Feb. 11, 1852. ... I have lived some thirty odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably can tell me nothing, to the purpose. There is life, an experiment... | |
 | Addison Peale Russell - 1890 - 342 pagina’s
...two soever I should follow be still Antiochus ? " "I have lived," says Thoreau, "some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything, to the purpose. Here is life, an experiment... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1893 - 536 pagina’s
...advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything to the purpose. Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me ; but it does not avail me that they have tried it. If I have any experience which I think valuable, I am sure to reflect that this my Mentors... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1904 - 268 pagina’s
...belies that experience, and they are only less young than they were. I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first . syllable...of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything, to the purpose. Here is life, an experiment... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1906 - 418 pagina’s
...advice from my seniors. They have told me nothing, and probably cannot tell me anything to the purpose,^ Here is life, an experiment to a great extent untried by me; but it does not avail me that they have tried it. If I have any experience which I think valuable, I am sure to reflect that this my Mentors... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent, Charles Lane Hanson, William Tenney Brewster - 1911 - 316 pagina’s
...repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior"; or, " I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors." (See chap. i.) He used a sledge hammer because he wanted to be sure of making his impression. Attention... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1927 - 380 pagina’s
...burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable...valuable or. even earnest advice from my seniors. They have told me noFeb. 11 thing, and probably can tell me nothing to the purpose. There is life,... | |
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I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. 
