Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his genius that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as Monachism,... Essays: First Series - Page 53by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...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 - 1841 - 396 pages
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...persons. Let a man, then, know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| 1845 - 636 pages
...American writer has finely said on the subject : " An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther ; Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism of Wesley ; Abolition of Clarkson." This lecture will teach, not so much what is unlearned, as that which, having been learned, is partially... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...confounded with virtue and the possible of roan. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther ; Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther; Quakerism of FOXJ Methodism of Wesley ; Abolition of Clarkson. Scipio,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
| 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... | |
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