 No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong, what is against it.  Twelve Essays - Page 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Maitland - 1871 - 488 pages
...yon remember,' asked Mary, ' that sentence of Emerson, " If I am the devil's child, I will live as from the devil. No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature." I was shocked by it when I first read it; but it seems plain that nothing can act contrary to its nature,... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 pages
...child, I will live from the devil. Good and bad are names very readily transferable to this or that ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the...himself, in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he."3 " It is of no use to preach to me from without. If... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...child, I will live from the devil. Good and bad are names very readily transferable to this or that ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the...himself, in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he."3 " It is of no use to preach to me from without. If... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 418 pages
...child, I will live from the devil. Good and bad are names very readily transferable to this or that ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the...himself, in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he."3 " It is of no use to preach to me from without. If... | |
 | Francis William Upham - 1873 - 454 pages
...must not harbor such disconsolate consciences, borrowed, too, from the consciences of other nations. Good and bad are but names, very readily transferable to that or this. All the universe over there is but one thing ; this old two face creatorcreature, mind-matter, right-wrong,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...above." I replied : " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...above." I replied : ' They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil.' No law can be sacred to me but...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but him. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...above." I replied : ' They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil.' No law can be- sacred to me...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but him. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...above." I replied : ' They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil.' No law can be sacred to me but...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but him. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...above." I replied : ' They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil.' No law can be sacred to me but...constitution, the only wrong what is against it. A man is to earry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but him.... | |
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