 ... like an ostrich in the flowering bushes, peeping into microscopes, and turning rhymes, as a boy whistles to keep his courage up. So is the danger a danger still ; so is the fear worse. Manlike let him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and...  Essays and English Traits - Page 18by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...what overgrown error you behold, is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it its mortal blow.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...what overgrown error you behold, is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it its mortal blow.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...what overgrown error you behold, is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it its mortal blow.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...let him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin — see the whelping of this lion — which lies no great...a perfect comprehension of its nature and extent; ho will have made his hands meet on the other side, and can henceforth defy it, and pass on superior.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...his hands meet on the other side, and can henceforth Alefy it, and pass on superior. The world is his, who can see (through its pretension. What deafness,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...what overgrown error you behold, is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it its mortal blow.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 328 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...meet on the other side, and can henceforth defy it, aud pass on superior. The world is his, who can see through its pretension. What deafness, what stone-blind... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — . which lies no great...through its pretension. What deafness, what stone-blind custorn, what overgrown error you behold is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See it... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 390 pages
...him turn and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...through its pretension. What deafness, what stone-blind custorn, what overgrown error you behold is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See it... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 392 pages
...him tmii and face it. Let him look into its eye and search its nature, inspect its origin, — see the whelping of this lion, — which lies no great...through its pretension. What deafness, what stone-blind custorn, what overgrown error you -behold is there only by sufferance, — by your sufferance. See... | |
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