The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 7Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... Socrates , and of the stoic Zeno ; in Judæa , the advent of Jesus , and , in modern Christendom , of the realists Huss , Sa- vonarola and Luther , -are casual facts which carry forward races to new convictions and ele- vate the rule of ...
... Socrates , and of the stoic Zeno ; in Judæa , the advent of Jesus , and , in modern Christendom , of the realists Huss , Sa- vonarola and Luther , -are casual facts which carry forward races to new convictions and ele- vate the rule of ...
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... lead , set in poverty . The greatest man in history was the poorest . How was it with the captains . and sages of Greece and Rome , with Socrates , with Epaminondas ? Aristides was made general receiver of Greece DOMESTIC LIFE 115.
... lead , set in poverty . The greatest man in history was the poorest . How was it with the captains . and sages of Greece and Rome , with Socrates , with Epaminondas ? Aristides was made general receiver of Greece DOMESTIC LIFE 115.
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... Socrates , is , with the wise , the speaking and hearing such discourses as yours . " ― I He only can enrich me who can recommend to me the space between sun and sun . ' Tis the measure of a man , his apprehension of a day . For we do ...
... Socrates , is , with the wise , the speaking and hearing such discourses as yours . " ― I He only can enrich me who can recommend to me the space between sun and sun . ' Tis the measure of a man , his apprehension of a day . For we do ...
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... Socrates says : " The ship- master walks in a modest garb near the sea , after bringing his passengers from Ægina or from Pontus ; not thinking he has done any- thing extraordinary , and certainly knowing that his passengers are the ...
... Socrates says : " The ship- master walks in a modest garb near the sea , after bringing his passengers from Ægina or from Pontus ; not thinking he has done any- thing extraordinary , and certainly knowing that his passengers are the ...
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... Socrates , with the lovely background of the Athenian and sub- urban landscape . Or who can overestimate the images with which Plato has enriched the minds of men , and which pass like bullion in the cur- rency of all nations ? Read the ...
... Socrates , with the lovely background of the Athenian and sub- urban landscape . Or who can overestimate the images with which Plato has enriched the minds of men , and which pass like bullion in the cur- rency of all nations ? Read the ...
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Page 442 - And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 312 - Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladiators, halt and numb.' As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.
Page 356 - The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity: Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew : The conscious stone to beauty grew.
Page 378 - O friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched, Through thee the rose is red. All things through thee take nobler form, And look beyond the earth, The mill-round of our fate appears A sun-path in thy worth. Me too thy nobleness has taught To master my despair; The fountains of my hidden life Are through thy friendship fair.
Page 367 - As, in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious ; Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard; no man cried, God save him...
Page 307 - While tens of thousands, thinking on the affray, Men unto whom sufficient for the day And minds not stinted or untilled are given, Sound, healthy Children of the God of Heaven, Are cheerful as the rising Sun in May. What do we gather hence but firmer faith That every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope's perpetual breath...
Page 443 - Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile, Like wealthy men who care not how they give. But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills, And beat me down and marr'd and wasted me. And tho...
Page 246 - Ah Ben ! Say how or .when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad? And yet each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine.
Page 53 - We feel, in seeing a noble building, which rhymes well, as we do in hearing a perfect song, that it is spiritually organic ; that is, had a necessity, in nature, for being, was one of the possible forms in the Divine mind, and is now only discovered and executed by the artist, not arbitrarily composed by him.
Page 194 - The mathematics and the metaphysics, Fall to them as you find your stomach serves you ; No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en : In brief, sir, study what you most affect.