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" ... he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which... "
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes - Page 242
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do ; nor does he know...fact, makes much impression on him, and another none. It is not without preestablished harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where one...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...fact makes much impression on him, and another none. It is not without preestablished harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where one...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 2; Volume 37

1844 - 460 pages
...better for worse, as his portion. — The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. — Trust thyself ; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine * Lest it...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 37

1844 - 452 pages
...better for worse, as his portion. — The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. — Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine * Lest it...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...fact makes much impression on him, and another none. It is not without pre-established harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where one...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...fact makes much impression on him, and another none. It is not without pre-established harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where one...
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Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.].

Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none hut he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...fact makes much impression on him, and another none. It is not without pre-established harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where one...
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...fact makes much impression on him, and another none. It is not without pre-established harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where one...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...should fall, that it might testify of that particular rav We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents....
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Seed-grain for Thought and Discussion, Volume 1

1856 - 386 pages
...ground which is given him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know...fact makes much impression on him, and another none. — It is not without preestablished harmony, this sculpture in the memory. The eye was placed where...
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