Every man's words who speaks from that life must sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short and cold. Only itself can inspire whom it will,... Ralph Waldo Emerson, Man and Teacher - Page 16by Henry Bellyse Baildon - 1884 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if sacred I may not use, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if I may not use sacred, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if sacred I may not use, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense; they fall short...universal as the rising • of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if sacred I may not use, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if sacred I may not use, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it, My words do not carry its august sense; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if sacred I may not use, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if I may not use sacred, to indicate the heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...sound vain to those who do not dwell in the same thought on their own part. I dare not speak for it. My words do not carry its august sense ; they fall short...universal as the rising of the wind. Yet I desire, even by profane words, if I may not use sacred, to indicate the' heaven of this deity, and to report... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pages
...from that life, must sound vain to those who do not dwell in the samo thought on their own part. 8 Only itself can inspire whom it will, and behold !...and sweet, and universal as the rising of the wind. 9 As there is no screen or ceiling between our heads tmd tho infinite heavens, so is there no bar or... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1868 - 412 pages
...dwell in the same' thought on their own part. 8 Only itself can inspire whom it will, and behold I their speech shall be lyrical, and sweet, and universal as the rising of the wind. 9 As there is no screen or ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens, so is there no bar or... | |
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