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 106by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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.—Emerson.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 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.... | |
| 1899 - 136 pages
...to him. Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults. Our strength grows out of our weakness. In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. There is a deeper fact in the soul than compensation, to wit, its own nature. The soul is not a compensation,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 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.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 294 pages
...thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty. (Ortiilirr ten T HATE to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. Compensation (Otiulirr rlrtirii T3UT the soul that ascends to worship the great God is plain and true... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 104 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...general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefaftor. As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes... | |
| James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 352 pages
...brother, . . . and he cry unto the Lord against thee. Deut. xv, 9. Blame is safer than praise. ... As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. EMERSON Essays, Compensation in first series, p. 98. Bight of the older girls came forward, and preferred... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 50 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...feel a 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. In... | |
| James Moffatt - 1906 - 160 pages
...advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, dejected, he has a chance to learn something. ... In general, every evil to which we do not succumb...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.'... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be 20 defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a 25 benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valour of the enemy he kills... | |
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