 Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely...  Discourses in America - Page 147by Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...connection of events. Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...of events. Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of-. their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards... | |
 | 1848 - 1292 pages
...of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves child-like to the genius of ihrir age, betraying their perception that the eternal was...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendant destiny, and not pushed into a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...does not deliver. In the attempt, his genius deserts him; no muse befriends-^p invention, no hope. at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves child-like to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves child-like to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards... | |
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