Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely... Select Essays and Poems - Page 19by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder...memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated te"thte or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then ? It seems to be a... | |
| 1842 - 740 pages
...After stating that a regard for consistency often ' scares us from our self-trust,' he asks, — ' But why should you keep your head over your shoulder?...contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public places' Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then:'' — Essay ii., p. 57. Why — it depends... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your 4 memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder...that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself—what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder 1 Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory,...Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then 1 It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ?... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your 4 memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place... | |
| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder?...rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. . . . With... | |
| 1858 - 424 pages
...have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loth to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder?...rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. With consistency... | |
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