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
| 1896 - 234 pages
...that he will not violate his own constitution, which ordains that he shall act fully and freely. " The only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong what is against it." He must account to himself for everything, must absolve himself to himself. The law of his action is... | |
| John Burroughs - 1896 - 292 pages
...and knows that his will is higher and more excellent than all actual and all possible antagonists." "A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he." "Great works of art," he again says, "teach us to abide... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 pages
...from 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... | |
| 1897 - 586 pages
...faith. " Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul ; unbelief in denying them. " " The only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong what is against it. " So said Emerson, and in the same strain Dr. Martineau : "If to rest on authority is to mean an acceptance... | |
| 1898 - 462 pages
...can be sacred to me but that of iny nature. Good ann. bad are but munt» very readily trausferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against if. 415 tweeledig op : als zijn en als zóó-zijn. Dus is kwaad óf tegennatuurlijk of niet-zóo-zijn... | |
| Samuel James Andrews - 1898 - 396 pages
...our own mind. What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions if I live wholly from within? ... No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. ... If I am the devil's child, I will then live from the devil. ... I shun father and mother, and wife... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...from 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... | |
| Horatio Willis Dresser - 1899 - 288 pages
...fellow-men. The straight and narrow line of development may be followed by all who obey Emerson's rule, "The only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong is what is against it." That is, every time the social demands are too great, and you cannot meet them... | |
| Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. No law can 120 be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad...is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong is what is against it. A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every- 125... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...from 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...readily transferable to that or this; the only right i/is what is after my constitution; the only " "/ l}wronS what is against it. A man is to carry himself... | |
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