 It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.  Select Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 72by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 245 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,...always find those who think they know what is your dnty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,...to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. 10. The objection... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1868 - 648 pages
...the world whips you with its displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face." It is easy in the world to live after the world's...to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. || To apply a... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
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 | 1841 - 640 pages
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 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It_is the harder, because ypu will always find those who think they know what is...to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. The objection... | |
 | 1845 - 488 pages
...appear from 31 Wed. 7 8 4 62 morn. 6 19 meridian to sunset." — Christopher North. The Great Man. " It is easy in the world to live after the world's...to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." — RW Emerson.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,...to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. The objection... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,...to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect •sweetness the independence of solitude. Virtues are,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,...world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after your own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the... | |
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