Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of 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; as Monachism,... Essays: First Series - Página 53por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 333 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 páginas
...and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible2 of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony;3 the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox;4 Methodism, of Wesley;5 Abolition, of Clarkson.6... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 páginas
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the length3iie I shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charityboy,... | |
| Samuel Colcord Bartlett - 1894 - 530 páginas
...modern times if it be true, as one said, that "an institution is the lengthened shadow of some man, as the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox, Methodism of Wesley, Abolition of Wilberforce," it is also true that the germ of the institution was the burning faith of the man. Wilberforce... | |
| 1896 - 234 páginas
...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 ; as, Monachism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| 1896 - 374 páginas
...and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible 2 of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony;3 the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox;4 Methodism, of Wesley;5 Abolition, of Clarkson.6... | |
| James Monroe Buckley - 1896 - 770 páginas
...without him Methodism had not been. Kmersnn discerned a1ul recognized this in saying: "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as mo,nachism, of the Hermit Anthony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; abolition, of Clarkson.... | |
| James Monroe Buckley - 1898 - 508 páginas
...without him Methodism had not been. Emerson discerned and recognized this in saying : " An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as monachism, of the Hermit Anthony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; abolition, of Clarkson.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 144 páginas
...and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Eeformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley;...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... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1898 - 426 páginas
...a sentence. The various elements of dates, addresses, etc., are separated by commas. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism,...Antony; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox. — EMERSON. The letter is dated September 6, 1897, and is addressed to William Scott, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1898 - 412 páginas
...a sentence. The various elements of datec, addresses, etc., are separated by commas. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism,...Antony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox.—EMERSON. The letter is dated September 6, 1897, and is addressed to William Scott, Pittsburg,... | |
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