 An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony; the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called "the height of Rome"; and all history resolves...  Essays. 1901 - Page 50by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called " the height of Rome " ; and all history resolves itself very easily...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. 18. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism of Wesley; Abolition of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called " the height of Rome ; " and all history resolves itself very easily...air of a charity-boy, a bastard, or an interloper, iu the world which exists for him. But the man in the street finding no worth in himself which corresponds... | |
 | 1851 - 486 pages
...vigorous pen employed on other than a work which at best must take its rank amongst the realms of fiction. LET a man then know his worth, and keep things under...peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity boy, a bastard, or an interloper, in the world which exists for him. But the man in the street... | |
 | 1853 - 618 pages
...lengthened shadow of one man, as the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox, Methodism of Wesley, .... and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. Manifestly, it is of mighty importance that we should remember and study the world's great men, and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called " the height of Rome " ; and all history resolves itself very easily...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep tilings /under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called " the-height of Rome " ; and all history resolVes , itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest V persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal,... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 pages
...day by day ; but when these waves of God flow into me, I no longer reckon lost time." 6 " Let a man know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let...peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of an interloper, in the world which exists for him." 7 If questioned as to the propriety of reverencing... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...day by day ; but when these waves of God flow into me, I no longer reckon lost time." ° " Let a man know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let...or steal, or skulk up and down • with the air of an interloper, in the world which exists for him." 7 If questioned as to the propriety of reverencing... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...day by day; but when these waves of God flow into me, I no longer reckon lost time." ° " Let a man know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let...peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of an interloper, in the world which exists for him." 7 If questioned as to the propriety of reverencing... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism of Wesley; Abolition of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called "the height of Rome ;" and all history resolves itself very easily...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. — Essays. LOVE. THOUGH the celestial rapture falling out of heaven seizes only upon those of tender... | |
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