 Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action I properly am; in a virtuous act I add to the...  Mind - Page 1251898Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they...There can be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; nope to beauty ; when 44. If a criminal is not caught, does he escape punishment ? Cf . 16. Why do... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom ; they...when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms in man always an Optimism, never a Pessimism. His life... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1842 - 782 pages
...should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account.' Virtue and wisdom ' are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am.' ' There is, therefore, no tax on the good of virtue ; for that is the incoming of God himself, or absolute... | |
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account.' Virtue and wisdom ' are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am.' ' There is, therefore, no tax on the good of virtue ; for that is the incoming of God himself, or absolute... | |
 | 1844 - 118 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue, no penalty to wisdom ; they...virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act' t I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding... | |
 | Human nature - 1844 - 116 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue, no penalty to wisdom ; they...virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act> r I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding... | |
 | 1844 - 112 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue, no penalty to wisdom ; they...In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous actv DIVINE INSTITUTION OF I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they...when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always affirms an Optimism, never a Pessimism. His life is a progress,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom ; they...when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms in man always an Optimism, never a Pessimism. His life... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom ; they...properly am ; in a virtuous act, I add to the world ; 1 plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding on the limits... | |
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