 But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then...  The Harmonial Man, Or, Thoughts for the Age - Page 119by Andrew Jackson Davis - 1877 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...he asks, — ' But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public places' Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then:'' — Essay ii., p. 57. Why — it depends... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat...that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself—what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder 1 Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat...Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then 1 It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your 4 memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on y&ur memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1859 - 518 pages
...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you...public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself?' His writings are, to me, like heaps of broken glass, beautiful in the individual crystal, sparkling,... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1860 - 528 pages
...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat yon have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself?' His writings... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1865 - 520 pages
...contradict everything you said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why dflig about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict...public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself?' His writings are, to me, like heaps of broken glass, beautiful in the individual crystal, sparkling,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place 1 Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you...Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then 1 It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure... | |
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