 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for always the inmost becomes the outmost—and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets...ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at nought books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought. A man should learn to detect... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...understand' and be able to make use of this last awful declaration' ? He then proceeds thus : — " Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Phf-o, ana* Milton, is, that they set at nought books and traditioas, atid spoke not what men but what... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...present condition : " No man ever prayed heartily, without learning something." — Nature, p. 92. " The highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton, is that they set at nonght books and traditions, and spoke not what men said but what they thought. A man should learn... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...present condition : " No man ever prayed heartily, without learning something." — Nature, p. 92. " The highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton, is that they set at nought books and traditions, and spoke not what men said but what they thought. A man should learn... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 pages
...sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private...highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato and Milton is J^at they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought. A man... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. Love, and you shall be loved. The highest merit. we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and...that they set at naught books and traditions, and spake not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...reverberates through the earth from side to side. JiAi.ru WALDO EMERSON. 421 Love, and you shall be loved. The highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and...that they set at naught books and traditions, and spake not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light... | |
 | Ernest Chesneau - 1885 - 396 pages
...Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense." And these, nobler still : — " The highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, and Milton, is that they spoke not what men, but what they thought." This, in his own line, is Constable's merit, and one which... | |
 | Benn Pitman - 1892 - 202 pages
...and our first thought is rendered back to-us' by-the trumpets (of the) Last Judgment. Familiar as-the voice (of the) mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato', and Milton is-that-they set at naught books andtraditions, and spoke not what men, but what they-thought. A-man... | |
 | 1899 - 828 pages
...inoculation of our young people with them. 1 quote again from Emerson in his essay on Self Reliance: "Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the...ascribe to Moses, Plato and Milton is that they set at nought books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought." With notable exceptions,... | |
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Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest... 
