 | Mrs. G. H. Taylor - 1877 - 144 páginas
...To be great, is to be misunderstood. Emerson. his work, and done the best he could. But what he has done otherwise, shall give him no peace ; it is a deliverance which does not deliver. Emerson. In every work of genius we perceive our own mental thoughts. They come baok to us with a certain... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 páginas
...not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope. 10 Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place 11 the divine providence has found for you, the societ}' of your contemporaries, the connection of... | |
 | 1925 - 702 páginas
...measures up to the standard. "Trust thyself; no law is sacred to thee but that of thine own nature. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of contemporaries, the connection of events."6 Surely few men more steadfastly or persistently fulfilled... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 páginas
...philosophy appears prominent in the essays. Thus, in the one upon "Self-reliance," we read : SELF-RELIANCE. "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine Providence baa found for you — the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 páginas
...man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance whicli does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention,... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1884 - 402 páginas
...thou there small scope for action see, Do not for this give room to discontent. RC TRENCH. A CCEPT the place the divine providence has found for you,...of your contemporaries, the connection of events. RW EMERSON. ADAPT thyself to the things with which thy lot has been cast ; and love the men with whom... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 234 páginas
...; what a '/ saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand.' 'Trust thyself! every heart vibrates to that iron...found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 páginas
...man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It...the place the divine providence has found for you, thesociety of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 páginas
...man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It...deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope. I Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string./ Accept the place the divine Providence... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 314 páginas
...man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It...him ; no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope." I should like to have seen the grim visage of Carlyle, and the play upon the features of William Black... | |
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends;... 
