 Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes;...  The Eclectic Review - Page 661edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...gulf; in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes ; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all...with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...coarseness, he says on another occasion : " This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for that ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty,...with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside" (L 29). The contradiction underlying the two passages argues no small degree of indifference, and accounts... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...in the darting to an aim. This one fact the World hates, that the soul becomes ; for, that forever degrades the past ; turns all riches to poverty ;...the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident... | |
 | 1842 - 740 pages
...living at this hour. ' Life only avails, not the having lived. * * * This one fact the world hates that the soul becomes ; for that for ever degrades...impertinence, if it be not ' a cheerful apologue of our beina and becoming.' We shall make no comment on the horrid profanity of the above extract. It speaks... | |
 | 1842 - 538 pages
...are treated, which grates harshly on the ear : as for instance, — " This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes ; for that for ever degrades...the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside." — p. 70. We sometimes meet with sentiments unworthy the dignity of the Essayist, which violate the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes ; for that for ever degrades...with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...a new state; in the shooting of the gulf; in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for, that for ever degrades...with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...a new state; in the shooting of the gulf; in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for, that for ever degrades...with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate .of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...a new state ; in the shooting of the gulf; in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes ; for, that for ever degrades...with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...a new state ; in the shooting of the gulf; in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for, that for ever degrades...the rogue ; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident... | |
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