There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of... Essays: First Series - Page 40by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1844 - 450 pages
...ignorance, that imitation is suicide, that he must take himself for better for worse, as his portion. — The power which resides in him is new in nature, and...which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. — Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine * Lest it... | |
| 1844 - 454 pages
...ignorance, that imitation is suicide, that he must take himself for better for worse, as his portion. — The power which resides in him is new in nature, and...which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. — Trust thyself ; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine * Lest it... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that...power which resides in him is new in nature, and none hut he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one... | |
| 1856 - 386 pages
...worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. To prayer, repentance, and obedience due, Though but endeavoured with sincere jntent, Mine ear shall... | |
| M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...worse, as his portion ; that, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that...for nothing one face, one character, one fact, makes such impression on him, and another none. This sculpture in the memory is not without preestablished... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil VOL. I. 11 P bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to...which resides in him is new in nature, and none but ho knows what that is which he can do nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face,... | |
| 1900 - 680 pages
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that...which resides in him is new in nature, and none but lie knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face,... | |
| William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 304 pages
...18 though 16 the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but 16 through his toil bestowed" on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. 18 The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but 19 he knows what that is which he... | |
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