 Do that which is assigned thee and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses or Dante,...  A Boy's Control and Self-expression - Page 429by Eustace Miles - 1904 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice ; for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself ; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...possibly will the soul all rich, all eloquent, with thousand- cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...canst not hope too much, or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs Bay, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or the trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself ; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice ; for the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of tile Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, but different from all these. Not possibly will the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...canst not hope too mnch or dare too mnch. There is at this moment, there is for me an ntterance hare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses, or Dante, bnt different from all these. Not possibly will the soul all rich, all eloqnent, with thousand-cloven... | |
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