 Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.  A History of Literature in America - Page 264by Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1904 - 443 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It ii a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. " I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...misunderstood." Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. 15. I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | 1841 - 640 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. " I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...to-day. —'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...misunderstood. Misunderstood ? It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is t<y be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is aright fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood t Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 488 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to bo misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. CHRIST AND... | |
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