 They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after...  The Revolt of Modern Youth - Page 339by Ben Barr Lindsey, Wainwright Evans - 1925 - 354 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have...the devil's child, I will live then from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names, very readily transferable... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have...the devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have...the devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names, very readily transferable... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1841 - 618 pages
...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have...the devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names, very readily transferable... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity \ of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have...to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, 1 will live then from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are... | |
 | 1841 - 640 pages
...On my saying, ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from whhin ?' my friend suggested — ' But these impulses may be...the devil's child, I will live then from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names, very readily transferable... | |
 | 1841 - 572 pages
...below," our author records his answer — the only one, indeed, which can be made with his premises — " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live then from the devil;" (pp. 41, 42.) and the answer is proof enough that the rule, alone, cannot be a safe one. It makes,... | |
 | 1841 - 568 pages
...below," our author records his answer — the only one, indeed, which can be made with his premises — " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, 1 will live then from the devil;" (pp. 41, 42.) and the answer is proof enough that the rule, alone,... | |
 | 1844 - 648 pages
...dear old doctrines of the Church : on my saying ' what have I to do with the sacredness of tradition?, if I live wholly from within,' my friend suggested,...seem to me to be such, but if I am the devil's child, J will live then from the devil!' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are... | |
 | 1844 - 638 pages
...traditions, if I live wholly from within,' rny friend suggested, " Вut ihese impulses may be from ie.rou!, not from above ;' I replied : ' They do not seem to...the devil's child, I will live then from the devil !' No law can he sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable... | |
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