 A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts;...  Language for Men of Affairs - Page 831920Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion...wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts; learns his ignorauce; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man throws... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung, and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion...manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; he is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man throws himself... | |
 | 1858 - 434 pages
...earth, in all the pride of its mantling temptation. GREAT MEW. A great man is always willii.g to tie little, Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages he goes to sleep. When he in pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something ; he has been pat on hii wits, on... | |
 | 1866 - 882 pages
...little. While he sits on the cushion of advantage he goes to sleep. When he is pushed and disappointed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits; he has gained facts; he learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation... | |
 | 1891 - 472 pages
...seems that zeal for natural history research is nearly always inversely proportional to opportunity ; ' whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages he goes to sleep.' t1. — Fusus aitenuatus, Jeffreys. This species was taken in the 'Porcupine' expedition, 1869, about... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion...sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has VOL. I. 8 o a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion...sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has MIS,. I. 5 O a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion...sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has VOL. I. SO a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - 1885 - 604 pages
...dispensation, which has cast the sheen of its beneficence anil blessing on all centuries since. "When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to...on his wits, on his manhood. He has gained facts. He learns his ignorance, is cured of conceit, and has acquired moderation and real skill." The war... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely ass-iiled. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, lie goes to «.' •— > When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something... | |
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