 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...which does not deliver. In the attempt Ms genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string....found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events, Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 2005 - 432 pages
...event of each that passes. Emerson's transcendentalism speaks ahead to Rohmer's, from "Self-Reliance": "Accept the place the divine Providence has found...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." Some in my hearing have taken Emerson here to be speaking conservatively, as if not, and urging us... | |
 | David L. Marcus - 2005 - 366 pages
..."Self-Reliance" by Emerson: "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string," it said. "Accept the place divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events." What did that mean, you were supposed to give up the idea of going home and be thrilled about living... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...truth, to right and a perfect contentment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ Spiritual Laws, 1896 Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string....of your contemporaries, the connection of events. ~ Emerson ~ To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather... | |
 | Philipp Mehne - 2008 - 234 pages
...Anspielung auf das nach puritanischer Lesart von der Vorsehung auserwählte Amerika kaum deutlicher sein: „Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron...found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events." (CW 2, 28). In der Anweisung an den Einzelnen, sich ausschließlich auf die eigene... | |
 | M.P. Singh - 2005 - 324 pages
...not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal." — Napolean Hill "Accept the place the divine providence has found...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." — Ralph Waldo Emerson "Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage... | |
 | John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 pages
...he makes do with what he has been allotted, thus remaining true to the spirit of "Self- Reliance": "Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you: the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events." Putting it another way, "Experience" closes with an admittedly timid step into... | |
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. 
