We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, 'How do you know it is truth, and not an error of your own... Essays: First Series - Page 261by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish...as we know when we are awake that we are awake. It wa» a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which Would alone indicate the greatness of that man's... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish...We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we knpw when we are awake that we are awake. It was a grand sentence of Emanuel Swedenborg, which wontd... | |
| 1849 - 448 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish...opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake." " The great distinction between teachers sacred or literary ; between poets like Herbert, and poets... | |
| 1858 - 652 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken, what they do not wish...you know it is truth, and not an error of your own 1 We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake. * * *... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, ' how do you know it is the truth, and not an error of your own ? ' We know truth, when we see it, from opinion, as we know... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, ' how do you know it is the truth, and not an error of your own?' We know truth,...opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake." " The great distinction between teachers, sacred or literary ; between poets like Herbert and poets... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish to hear, ' How do you know it is truth, and flot an error of your own 1 ' We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish...awake that we are awake. It was a grand sentence of Emaunel Swedenborg, which would alone indicate the greatness of that man's perception, — " It is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...of truth. We know truth when we see it, let sceptic aud scoifer say what they choose. Foolish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish...do you know it is truth, and not an error of your owu ? ' We know truth when we see it, from opinion, as we know when we are awake that we are awake.... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...truth. We know truth /when we see it, let sceptic and scoffer say what they choose. Fool/ ish people ask you, when you have spoken what they do not wish / to hear, ' how do you know it is the truth, and not an error of your I own?' We know truth, when we see it, from opinion, as we know... | |
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