of my fellows any secondary testimony. • What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think . This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It Essays - Page 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1841 - 408 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...succumb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...and mean as my gifts may be, I actuality am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction hetween greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...is its aversion—it loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. INDEPENDENCE.—What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those •who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those •who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 610 pages
...marks the boundary between them. Emerson thus explains it: What I mnst do Is all that concerns me, and not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the hnrder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 588 pages
...marks the boundary between them. Emerson thus explains it : What I must do Is all tbat concerns me, and not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous In actual and In Intellectual life, may servo for the who!« distinction between greatness and meanness. It Is the barder, because you will... | |
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