 Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.  Essays. 1901 - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901Full view - About this book
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...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It ii a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himinaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor... | |
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...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...misundersi.CK>37 "[Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...nature. All the sallies of his will are rounded in by thejaw ofjiis being as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the... | |
 | 1841 - 640 pages
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...to-day. —'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
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 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...misunderstood. Misunderstood ? It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is t<y be misunderstood. I suppose no man can violate his nature. All the sallies of his will are rounded... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor does... | |
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