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 - 1905 - 70 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...itself very easily into the biography of a few stout & earnest persons. Q Let a man then know his worth, and keep 19 things under his feet. Let him not... | |
| 1912 - 572 páginas
...also says, "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man [or, as we would say, the radiation] ; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox;...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." All that these men were or did is for you. Let us decide to have great ideas and ideals; that our happiness... | |
| Hugo Münsterberg, Herbert Sidney Langfeld - 1906 - 978 páginas
...with its duties, and puts the accent of the world's history on the individual, on the personality: "All history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons," and "An institution is the lengthened shadow of a man." Nature speaks to us, Freedom speaks in us,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 páginas
...as, Monachism,2 of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, 5 of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under 10 his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,... | |
| John Brown Maclean - 1907 - 196 páginas
...SWINBURNE. " An Institution is the lengthened Shadow of one man ; as Monachism of the Hermit Anthony ; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." EMERSON. " Thus, have we found a new Astrology ; Thus, have we found a new and noble sense In which... | |
| National Municipal League - 1907 - 446 páginas
...parties ; for, to quote from the wise Emerson : "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." The Republican party did not produce Lincoln ; he was here with his principles and his patriotism before... | |
| National Municipal League - 1907 - 436 páginas
...parties; for, to quote from the wise Emerson: "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." The Republican party did not produce Lincoln ; he was here with his principles and his patriotism before... | |
| 1907 - 436 páginas
...parties; for, to quote from the wise Emerson: ''An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." The Republican party did not produce Lincoln; he was here with his principles and his patriotism before... | |
| George Henry Hubbard - 1907 - 444 páginas
...steps as a train of clients. A man, Caesar, is born, and for ages after we have a Roman empire. . . . And all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." The history of all human progress is but the history of the working and influence of character in the... | |
| Clinton Rogers Woodruff - 1907 - 436 páginas
...parties; for, to quote from the wise Emerson: "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." The Republican party did not produce Lincoln ; he was here with his principles and his patriotism before... | |
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