To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our... Twelve Essays - Page 38by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel C. Cronwright-Schreiner - 1906 - 574 pages
...that beautiful essay of Emerson on " Self-Reliance," in which occur the following passages : — " Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets... | |
| Olive Ransom, Kate Stephens - 1906 - 278 pages
...as you can conveniently give. I am Yours very truly, KATHERINE PESHCONET. And no answer came. XIV. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost. EMERSON. I AWOKE calmly in the morning and was thankful... | |
| Ramananda Chatterjee - 1912 - 818 pages
...And again, "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men— that is genius. Speak your...is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last nt. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to le highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato ilton is that... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...contain. To 5 believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your...latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; l for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, and our first thought is rendered back to us 10... | |
| Clark Ezra Carr - 1909 - 378 pages
...Emerson says that to believe your own thought, to follow what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your...by the trumpets of the last judgment. Familiar as is the voice of the mind to each, the highest merit we ascribe to Moses, Plato, or Milton is that they... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,—that is genius, f Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for always the inmost becomes the outmost—and our first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets of the Last Judgment. Familiar... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...may contain. To believe yours own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius^ Speak your...conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, — and our first thought is rendered back to us by the... | |
| William Allen White - 1910 - 290 pages
...you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius," says Emerson, and admonishes us, "Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost." So public sentiment grows in America. An idea comes to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...contain. To believe your own thought, to 5 believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your...latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense ; 1 for the inmost in due time becomes the outmost, — and our first thought is rendered back to us... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...contain. To believe 5 your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your...first thought is rendered back to us by the trumpets 10 of the Last Judgment. Familiar as the voice of the mind is to each, the highest merit we ascribe... | |
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