 I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labour and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in largo relations ; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep...  Representative Men: Seven Lectures - Page 10by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1857 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1896 - 616 pages
...the ideas, aspirations, tendencies of their generations. ' I count him a great man,' says Emerson, 'who inhabits a higher sphere of thought into which other men rise with labour and difficulty ; he has but to open his eyes, to see things in a true light and in relations.... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...human mind." "Man is that noble endogenous plant which grows, like tbe palm, from within, outward. ... I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other meu rise with labour and difficulty ; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 328 pages
...then, is a great man, who by himself makes others considerable and his age to be remembered?. He is one who "inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with difficulty, whose eyes see things in the. true light and in large relations." He keeps other men in... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...action of the human mind. Our theism is the purification of the human mind." WHO IS THE GEEAT MAN. "I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere...see things in a true light, and in large relations ; while they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error. But the... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...human mind." "Man is that noble endogenous plant which grows, like the palm, from within, outward. ... I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labour and difficulty ; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations... | |
 | RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 494 pages
...occupation of manhood. We travel into foreign parts to find his works, — if posVOL. IV. S sihle, to get a glimpse of him. But we are put off with fortune...sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labour and difficulty; ho has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 504 pages
...occupation of manhood. We travel into foreign parts to find his works, — if posVOL. IV. S sil)lc, to got a glimpse of him. But we are put off with fortune...sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labour and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in largo relations... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...can open with celerity and in sport. It is easy to sugar to be sweet, and to nitre to be salt. \Ve labour and difficulty ; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 pages
...omnipresent in nature as motive and reward. Love is our highest word and the synonym of God. Love. I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men must rise with labor and difficulty. From " Uses of Great Men." There is always a best way of doing... | |
 | John Kennedy - 1890 - 314 pages
...delight; And languid forms rise up, and pulses bound Livelier, at coming of the wind of night.— Bryant. I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere...thought, into which other men rise with labor and dif/culty. — Emerson-. He bows to bind you drooping to his breast, Inhales your spirit from the frost-winged... | |
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