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" A great man is coming to eat at my house. I do not wish to please him; I wish that he should wish to please me. I will stand here for humanity, and though I would make it kind, I would make it true. Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and... "
Emerson - Page 52
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife. Let us bow and apologize never more. A great man is coming to eat at my house. I...stand here for humanity, and though I would make it 3 kind, I would made it true. Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment...
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife. Let us never bow and apologize more. A great man is coming to eat at my house. I...times, and hurl in the face of custom, and trade, apd office, the fact which is the upshot of all history, that there is a great responsible Thinker...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife. Let us never bow and apologize more. A great man is coming to eat at my house. I...mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times, and huvl in the face of custom, and trade, and office, the fact which is the upshot of all history, that...
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Birds and Poets: With Other Papers

John Burroughs - 1877 - 278 pages
...pattern. It is no mush and milk that you get at this table. " A great man is coming to dine with me ; I do not wish to please him ; I wish that he should wish to please me." On the lecture stand he might be of wood so far as he is responsive to the moods and feelings of his...
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Essays, First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife. Let us never bow and apologize more. A great man is coming to eat at my house. I...here for humanity, and though I would make it kind, 1 would m;ike it true. Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment of...
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Events and Epochs in Religious History: Being the Substance of a Course of ...

James Freeman Clarke - 1881 - 470 pages
...the last of conformity and consistency. I will never bow and apologize more. A great man is coming to my house ; I do not wish to please him ; I wish that he should wish to please me." This doctrine of personal independence Emerson taught in an infinite variety of ways, and it sank deep...
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Events and epochs in religious history, the substance of 12 lectures

James Freeman Clarke - 1881 - 454 pages
...the last of conformity and consistency. I will never bow and apologize more. A great man is coming to my house ; I do not wish to please him ; I wish that he should wish to please me." This doctrine of personal independence Emerson taught in an infinite variety of ways, and it sank deep...
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Complete English Grammar for the Use of Schools

Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1882 - 136 pages
...globe itself, but the life which stirs and hums on its surface, enveloping it like an atmosphere. 3. I will stand here for humanity, and though I would make it kind, I would make it true. 4. There are moments when the affections rule and absorb the man and make his happiness dependent on...
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Gems for the Fireside: Comprising the Most Unique, Touching, Pithy, and ...

Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pages
...of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife. Let us bow and apologize never more. A great man is coming to eat at my house. I...in the face of custom, and trade, and office, the tact which is the upshot of all history, that there is a great responsible Thinker and Actor moving...
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Emerson's Complete Works: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife. Let us never bow and apologize more. A great man is coming to eat at my house. I...would make it true. Let^ us affront and reprimand til ft sf"»»t}i mediocrity and squalid contentment of the times, and hurl in the face of custom and...
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