 A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we...  The Principles of Success in Literature - Page 113by George Henry Lewes - 1891 - 163 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...Moses, Plato, and Milton, is that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men. but what they, thought. A man should learn to detect...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: 1. What makes a poem conventional ? Is Longfellow's Psalm of Life... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...to Mnsps, Platr^gjH Mil ton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at nought books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bard and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what •men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...to Moses, Plato, and Milton, is that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." " Kingdom and lordship, power and estate are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 664 pages
...the voice of his own soul, is that they set books and traditions at naught, and spoke oot what men. but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...across his mind from within, more than the lustre oi the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1854 - 676 pages
...the voice of his own soul, is that they set books and traditions at naught, and spoke not what men. but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...across his mind from within, more than the lustre ol the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 418 pages
...would retain them ; and this again is one of its excellent effects ; for, as a great author says, " A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...to Moses, Plato, and Milton is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect...dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. Jp <every work of genius we recognize our own rejected 1 thoughts : they come back to us with a certain... | |
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