 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 - 1904 - 324 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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904
...passed in 1833. Page 108, note I. In the essay on Self-Reliance Mr. Emerson said: " An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as Monachism,...Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson." Page 112, note I. The " praedials " seem to have been the slaves born into captivity, as distinguished... | |
 | 1904
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as the Reformation of Luther; Quakerism of Fox; Methodism...Height of Rome,' and all history resolves itself very easilv into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." WM. HH HART, Principal Hurt Farm School.... | |
 | Motilal M. Munshi - 1904
...to fear. It is only that that comes from the heart that can reach the heart. — KALPH WALDO TRINE. All history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. Zeal not rightly directed is pernicious, for, as it makes a good cause better, so it makes a bad cause,,... | |
 | 1912
...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; Methodism,...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 páginas
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906
...was passed in I833Page 108, note I. In the essay on Self-Reliance Mr. Emerson said: "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as Monachism,...Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson." Page 112, note I. The " prsdials " seem to have been the slaves born into captivity, as distinguished... | |
 | Hugo Münsterberg, Herbert Sidney Langfeld - 1906
...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,... | |
 | National Municipal League - 1907
...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... | |
 | Clinton Rogers Woodruff - 1907
...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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