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" In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation, patient of neglect, patient of reproach, and bide his own time — happy enough if he can satisfy himself alone that this day he has seen something... "
Complete Works - Page 105
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 3

Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 310 pages
...honourable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself ; add observation to observation...alone that this day he has seen something truly." . . . " I read with joy some of the auspicious signs of the coming days as they glimmer already through...
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 1

Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 932 pages
...honourable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom- 1" silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself ; add observation to observation;...bide his own time, — happy enough if he can satisfy himsell alone that this day he has seen something trulj." ... "I read with joy some of the auspicious...
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The Boston Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1838 - 536 pages
...slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation." " In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation...neglect, patient of reproach, and bide his own time." "Free should the scholar be, — free and brave." " The day is always his, who works in it with serenity...
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 3

Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 318 pages
...honourable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation;...of neglect, patient of reproach, and bide his own time,—happy enough if he can satisfy himself alone that this day he has seen something truly." ....
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...honourable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation,...of neglect, patient of reproach; and bide his own time—happy enough, if he can satisfy himself alone, that this day he has seen something truly. Success...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself ; add observation to observation,...and bide his own time, — happy enough, if he can satify himself alone, that this day he has seen something truly. Success treads on every right step....
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 35

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 612 pages
...honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadinese, in severo abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation,...neglect, patient of reproach; and bide his own' time.' . . . 'Free »hould the scholar be, free ami brave.' . . . ь И ¡я a shame to him, if his tranquillity...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation,...alone, that this day he has seen something truly. Suscess treads on every right step. For the instinct is sure, that prompts him to tell his brother...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...honourable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction, let him hold by himself; add observation to observation,...For the instinct is sure, that prompts him to tell Ms brother what he thinks. He then learns, that in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he...
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The North British Review, Volume 47

1867 - 672 pages
...public and illustrious thoughts, the world's eye and the world's heart. In silence and steadfastness let him hold by himself, add observation to observation,...patient of neglect, patient of reproach, and bide his time. If he can satisfy himself that he has seen the truth, and planted his foot beyond the shores...
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