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" I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. "
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With a Biographical Introduction ... - Page 51
by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson - 1904
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...home.' Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it — else it...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...home." Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, WJiim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...home." Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it — else it...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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The Monthly Magazine, Or, British Register

1841 - 640 pages
...home.' Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it — else it...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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The Dublin Review, Volume 11

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1841 - 618 pages
...frightful doctrines ; in the same page, after bitterly sneering at the abolitionists, he tells us " that the doctrine of hatred must be preached, as the counteraction...the doctrine of love when that pules and whines," and again, " do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good...
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The Christian Teacher, Volume 4

1842 - 538 pages
...only such portions of it as take the former direction which are suited for public communication." " I shun father and mother, and wife and brother; when...genius calls me, I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is something better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...home.' Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, — else...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it—else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it—else it is none. The doctrine of hatred must be preached...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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Twelve Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...home." Rough and graceless would be such greeting, but truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it — else it...genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation....
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