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, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation, of Luther ;... Essays, First Series - Page 55by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 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... | |
| 1861 - 462 pages
...1861. An aphorism from Emerson is the text upon which this book discourses and gives illustrations: "All history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." Twenty-eight personages — among them Charlemagne, Hildebrand, AVilliam Tell, Christopher Columbus,... | |
| 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 - 354 pages
...he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation,...; and all history resolves itself very easily into tha biography nf a few- EtOUt and oanicat persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under... | |
| 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,...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, a bastard,... | |
| 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,...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, a bastard,... | |
| 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...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, a bastard,... | |
| 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,...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, a bastard,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation,...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, a bastard,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation,...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, a bastard,... | |
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