A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we... Essays: First Series - Page 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...they, thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: 1. What makes a poem conventional ? Is Longfellow's Psalm of Life conventional or original 1 What is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works... | |
| 1842 - 740 pages
...grandest strokes, there we feel most at home.'— Essay i., p. 6. ' In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.' — Essay ii., p. 46. This is cheering as to the potentiality of the species. Hence there can be little... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bard and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
| 1849 - 448 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." " Kingdom and lordship, power and estate are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a... | |
| Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 468 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
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