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" Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which... "
The Playhouse and the Play, and Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and ... - Page 90
by Percy MacKaye - 1909 - 210 pages
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Retrospect of Western Travel, Volume 3

Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 318 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these,—but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...business is managed inspire, and turn drudges, or die of disgust—some of them suicides. What is the remedy ? They did not yet see; and thousands of young...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...to aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the indolent and complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these,—but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unsion with these, — but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of 10 God, find the earth below not in unsion with these, — but are hindered from action by the disgust...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...the earth below not in unison with these, — but arc hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which business is managed inspire,...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 336 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shmed upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, — but arc hindered...
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 5

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 328 pages
...objects, eats upon itself. H There is iK)_w.orJi.for *ny but.tiie,decprous and the complaisant. ^JSfoung men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our...and turn drudges, or die of disgust,"^— some of thcmjuicidcs. What is the remedy ? They did not yet see, and thousands of young men as hopeful now...
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Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...these, but are hindered from action by the disgust wEich the principles on which business is managed inspire, and turn drudges, or die of disgust, some...
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Nature: Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 328 pages
...aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon...winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the Dearth below not in uuison with these, — bnt are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles...
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