 An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio^ Milton called " the height of Rome " ; and all history resolves...  Standard Stenography: Being Taylor's Shorthand - Página 48por Alfred Janes - 1882 - 64 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 páginas
...minds so grow and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. 18. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk... | |
 | 1853 - 618 páginas
...lengthened shadow of one man, as the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox, Methodism of Wesley, .... and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. Manifestly, it is of mighty importance that we should remember and study the world's great men, and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 páginas
...man. Aijjnstitution is the" lengthened, shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, o'f the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep tilings /under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 páginas
...Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called " the-height of Rome " ; and all history resolVes , itself very...easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest V persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal,... | |
 | 1872 - 556 páginas
...minds so grow and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man;...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. — Essays. LOVE. THOUGH the celestial rapture falling out of heaven seizes only upon those of tender... | |
 | 1905 - 566 páginas
...t_— i THE LIFE AND WORK OF GENERAL SANBORN. BY GEN. HENRY \V. CHILDS. ''All history," says Emerson, "resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." The history of New England is the biography of the "stout and earnest persons" who, in senate chamber... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 páginas
...possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under hia feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 páginas
...possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of oue man ; as Monachism, of the Hermit Antony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under Ins feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 páginas
...possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons.1 Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal,... | |
 | 1877 - 610 páginas
...of such gross neglect, really civilized I Mr. Emerson in one of his matchless essays tells us that "All history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons," and again, "Every institution is the lengthened shadow of one man." Are not these gems of "glittering... | |
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