 Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add...  Essays: First series - Page 100by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...eternal account. 45. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...There can be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; nope to beauty ; when 44. If a criminal is not caught, does he escape punishment ? Cf . 16. Why do... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 782 pages
...should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account.' Virtue and wisdom ' are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am.' ' There is, therefore, no tax on the good of virtue ; for that is the incoming of God himself, or absolute... | |
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account.' Virtue and wisdom ' are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am.' ' There is, therefore, no tax on the good of virtue ; for that is the incoming of God himself, or absolute... | |
 | 1844 - 118 pages
...the eternal account. " Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue,...virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act' t I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding... | |
 | Human nature - 1844 - 116 pages
...the eternal account. " Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue,...virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act> r I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding... | |
 | 1844 - 112 pages
...the eternal account. " Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue,...In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous actv DIVINE INSTITUTION OF I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue;...can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue;...properly am ; in a virtuous act, I add to the world ; 1 plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding on the limits... | |
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