We are not to blame for this perplexity ; perhaps good fortune will deliver us. In the mean time listen : " He in whom there is much to be developed will be later in acquiring true perceptions of himself and of the world. There are few who at once have... Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels - Page 256by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1840Full view - About this book
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 310 pages
...has been very premature; for since the day when you pronounced me free, what I can, will, or shall do, has been more unknown to me than ever."—" We...you," cried Wilhelm, " not to read me any more of this surprising stuff. These phrases have before sufficiently confused me. ' " I will stick by my story... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1824 - 374 pages
...has been very premature ; for since the day when you pronounced me free, what I can, will, or shall do, has been more unknown to me than ever." — "...narrows.' " "I beg of you," cried Wilhelm, "not to read me anymore of that surprising stuff. These phrases have sufficiently confused me before." — " I will... | |
| Saint Louis (Mo.). Board of Education - 1872 - 352 pages
...rule •"never to allow anything in the particular that he does not intend to accept in the aggregate. "There are few who at once have thought and the capacity of action" says Goethe. «Thought expands, but lames : Action animates, but narrows". Accordingly he who has the... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1874 - 296 pages
...to be developed will be later in / acquiring true perceptions of himself and of the world. There I are few who at once have Thought and the capacity of Action. H Thought expands, but lames ; Action animates, but narrows.' " " I beg of you," cried Wilhelm, " not... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1881 - 618 pages
...— " We are not to blame for this perplexity ; perhaps good fortune will deliver us. In the meantime listen : ' He in whom there is much to be developed...by my story, then," said Jarno, half rolling up the paroh= ment, into which, however, he kept casting frequent glances, ' ' I myself have been of less... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1885 - 258 pages
...everything with them grows relative, except absurdity and platitude, which truly are absolute enough. # * * He in whom there is much to be developed will be later...expands, but lames ; action animates, but narrows. * * It is the pleasure one has in himself, the desire to communicate this consciousness of his to others,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1871 - 360 pages
...has been very premature ; for since the day when you pronounced me free, what I can, will, or shall do, has been more unknown to me than ever." — "...narrows.' " "I beg of you," cried Wilhelm, "not to read me anymore of that surprising stuff. These phrases have sufficiently confused me before." — " I will... | |
| Marion Vienna Churchill Dudley - 1887 - 318 pages
...and had got enough of practice to proceed along their way with a certain cheerfulness and ease." " He in whom there is much to be developed will be later...expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows." It is in the "Confessions of a Fair Saint " that Goethe gives us a complete history of the noble family,... | |
| William Henry Venable - 1892 - 300 pages
...that because a youth is slow in manifesting talent or genius, he is destitute of natural ability. " He in whom there is much to be developed will be later...expands, but lames : action animates, but narrows." The several passages quoted will serve to bring out in sufficiently strong relief two or three of the... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1899 - 444 pages
...has been very premature ; for since the day when you pronounced me free, what I can, will, or shall do, has been more unknown to me than ever." — "...before." — " I will stick by my story, then," said VOL. II. I Jarno, half rolling up the parchment, into which, however, he kept casting frequent glances.... | |
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