 | 1845 - 532 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of culture. The main enterprise of the world, for splendour, for extent, is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strewn along the ground.... | |
 | 1845 - 530 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of culture. The main enterprise of the world, for splendour, for extent, isthe upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strewn along the ground. The... | |
 | 1910 - 952 pages
...IX, of Springfield, Mass.) IN an address delivered in Cambridge in 1837 Ralph Waldo Emerson said : "The main enterprise of the world for splendor, for extent, is the upbuilding of a man." To this main enterprise of the world every other enterprise of any value is, in some way, tributary.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...false good and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of Culture. The main enterprise of the world for splendour, for extent, is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strown along the ground.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of Culture. The main enterprise of the world for splendour, for extent, is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strown along the ground.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of...is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strown along the ground. The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy, — more... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of...is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strown along the ground. The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy, — more... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of...for extent, is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the ma- j terials strown along the ground. The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 pages
...governments to clerks and desks. This I revolution is to be wrought by the gradual do- I mestication of the idea of Culture. The main enterprise of the...is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strown along the ground. The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy, — more... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...false good, and leap to the true, and leave governments to clerks and desks. This revolution is to be wrought by the gradual domestication of the idea of Culture. The main enterprise of the world for splendour, for extent, is the upbuilding of a man. Here are the materials strown along the ground.... | |
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The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy, — more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. 
