 The mind of this country, taught to 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, shined upon by all...  Representative Men: Nature, Addresses and Lectures - Page 108by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 310 pages
...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,...career, do not yet see, that if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Patience... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 264 pages
...begin life upon our VoL. II.— T shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these...hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the career do notyet see, that if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 318 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...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;...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...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,...career, do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Patience,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...inflated by 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, — some of them suicides. What is the remedy ? The ydid not yet see, and thousands of young men as hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 pages
...inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unsion with these, — but are hindered from action by the...career, do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Patience,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...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...career, do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Patience... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...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,...career, do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him. Patience... | |
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