 | 1835 - 616 pages
...directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in oilier men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they must, — when the soul seeth not, when the sun is hid, and the stars withdraw their shining, — we repair to the lamps... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...readings. But when the intervals of darkness come,—as come they must,— when the soul seeth not, when the sun is hid, and the stars withdraw their...guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, " A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful."... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...readings. But when the intervals of darkness come,— as come they must,—when the soul seeth not, when the sun is hid, and the stars withdraw their...guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, " A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful."... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they...guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, "A fig tree, looking on a fig tree, becometh... | |
 | 430 pages
...obligation to the inspiriting and fortifying influences of his genins. We turn to it with confidence, " when the intervals of darkness come, as come they must, — when the soul seeth not, when the sun is hid, and the stars withdraw their shining, — we repair to this lamp,... | |
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they...guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. I would not be hurried by any love of system, by any exaggeration of in¡ stincts, to underrate the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they...guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, " A fig tree, looking on a fig tree, becometh... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they...withdraw their shining, — we repair to the lamps which \vere kindled by their ray, to guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come they...guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is. We hear, that we may speak. The Arabian proverb says, " A fig tree, looking on a fig tree, becometh... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, — as come they must, — when the soul seeth not, when the sun is hid, and the stars withdraw their shining, we repair to the lamps which... | |
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Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. But when the intervals of darkness come, as come... 
