...Schiller. We imitate only what we Iwlieve and admire.— Willmoti. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. a0 a0` a0 half-possession. That which each can do best none but hie Maker снп teach him. — • Ешегяоп....

...Schiller. We imitate only what we believe and admire. — Willmott. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. ve as it is connected with right conduct. — It is...the flower. — Every religious sentiment, every act half-possession. That which each cnn do best none but his Maker can teach him. — Emerson. It is by...

...This much truth at all events there is in the startling warning of Emerson, " Never imitate. * * * That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him." l Thus liberally construed, examples tell in at least three conspicuous directions. peltY" the (0 In...

...soldiers. We shun the rugged battle of fate, where strength is born. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...that person has exhibited it. Where is the master that could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington,...

...themselves fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton?...

...subordinates, as Emerson did in his essay "Self Reliance": "Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift can present every moment with the cumulative force...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession."22 Emerson's advice is not always followed, and in some organizations identification can...

...also. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumuJative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton?...

...of courage and power. September 19 Being Authentic Focus Insist on [being] yourself; never imitate. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. Ralph Waldo Emerson...

...no law less than the eternal law." Against those who recommend custom and tradition, Emerson adds, "Your own gift you can present every moment with the...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession." Thus the highest truth for Emerson: "The way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly...

...group identification obscures the real person. "Insist on yourself. Never imitate," Emerson writes. "Your own gift you can present every moment with the...another you have only an extemporaneous half possession" (Essays, 278-79). Emerson tells his readers that "under all the screens" of religious and political...