 ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes, for that for ever degrades the past, turns...  Essays - Page 56by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1841 - 408 pages
...circumstance, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the...fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame; confounds the saint... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...circumstance, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the...becomes; for, that for ever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty ; all reputation to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...circumstance, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the...becomes; for, that for ever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty ; all reputation to a shame ; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...circumstance, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the moment of transition from.a past to a new state ; in the shooting of the gulf; in the darting to an aim. This one fact the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...present, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the...becomes ; for that for ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...present, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the...; for, that for ever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty; all reputation to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...present, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the...; for, that for ever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty; all reputation to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and... | |
 | 1869 - 580 pages
...will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the...the world hates, — that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to shame, confounds the saint... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 574 pages
...present, and what is called life, and what is called death. Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose ; it resides in the...the world hates, that the soul becomes ; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint... | |
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