 What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within?" my friend suggested, — "But these impulses may be from below, not from above." I replied, "They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child. I will live...  Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.]. - Page 42by Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...integrity of your own mind." " The virtue most in request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion." " No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature, the only wrong what is against it." " Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love." " Your goodness... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...integrity of your own mind." " The virtue most in request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion." " No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature, the only wrong what is against it." " Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love." " Your goodness... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...integrity of your own mind." " The virtue most in request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion." " No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature, the only wrong what is against it." " Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love." " Your goodness... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...my saying, " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ? " my friend suggested, — " But these impulses may be from below, not from 25 above." I replied, "They do not seem to me to be 1 One who does not submit to the established creed... | |
 | Susan Elizabeth Blow - 1908 - 430 pages
...suggested his friend, " may be from the devil." " They do not seem to me to be so," answered Emerson, " but if I am the devil's child, I will live then from the devil." l This story lays bare the noblest impulse that beats in the heart of the new return to nature. The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...On my saying, 5 What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested, — "But these impulses may be...the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of ic my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested, — " But these impulses may...They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong what is against it. A man is to carry himself... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested, — " But these impulses may...replied, " They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am 35 the devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.... | |
 | Stephen French Whitman - 1913 - 514 pages
...Emerson said about that? ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live from within? No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.' And he was right. To be an individual, one must live his own life. "We don't all find our best satisfaction... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested, — "But these impulses may be..."They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the 20 devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.... | |
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