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" I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. "
Essays, First Series - Page 106
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pages
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the latter day saints

- 1881 - 854 pages
...Therefore it becomes the wise to eujoy with equanimity or to suffer with fortitude whatever happens. Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor....the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valour of the enemy he kills passes iflto hinwelf, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist...
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valour of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist....
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Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a ms not that great Napoleon Stops his horse, and lists...neighbour's creed has lent. All are needed by each one ; SandwichIslander believes that the strength and valour of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so...
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The Educational Weekly, Volume 3

1885 - 420 pages
...skin, and when they would triumph, lo, he has passed on invulnerable. As long as all that ¡s said is against me, I feel a certain assurance of success....honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as as one that lies unprotected before his enemies." Many of our readers have no doubt heard the excellent...
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Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valour of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist....
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. /As long as all that is said, is said against...certain assurance of success. But as soon • \ as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. /...
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Gems of Thought: Being a Collection of More Than a Thousand Choice ...

1888 - 252 pages
...there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end. John Newton. Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so...
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Choice Selections: Being about Six Hundred Extracts from More Than Two ...

Charles Northend - 1890 - 224 pages
...skin, and when they would triumph, lo, he has passed on invulnerable. As long as all that is said is against me, I feel a certain assurance of success....feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. BW Emerson, Mass., 1803—. 82. Good Advice. Be careful that you do not commend yourselves. It is a...
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Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and ...

Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...things i;iMxl: hut in all thing" Ind, getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of. — Hare. Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander believes thut the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the...
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Mind, Volume 1

1898 - 404 pages
...that map as Monsieur Andree or Mr. Peary will in discovering the place itself. — Julian Hawthorne. EVERY evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor....Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemies that he kills pass into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist. —...
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