 Kingdom and lordship, power and estate, are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both; the sum total of both is the same. Why all this deference to Alfred and...  Essays - Page 63by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both, the sum total of both...steps. When private men shall act with vast views, the luster will be transferred from the actions of kings to those gentlemen." $ Hence a man must be true... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both, the sum total of both...steps. When private men shall act with vast views, the luster will be transferred from the actions of kings to those gentlemen." t Hence a man must be true... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things of life are the same to both, the sum total of both...steps. When private men shall act with vast views, the luster will be transferred from the actions of kings to those gentlemen." J Hence a man must be true... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both; the sum total of both...to-day as followed their public and renowned steps, t When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work: but the things of life are the same to both: the sum total of both...and renowned steps. When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen. The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...vocabulary than private John 20 and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is the same. Why all this deference to Alfred0 and Scanderbeg° and Gustavus0 ? Suppose they were virtuous ; did they wear out virtue ? As... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both is the same. Why 20 all this deference to Alfred,2 and Scanderbeg,3 and Gustavus ? 4 Suppose they were virtuous ; did... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work: but the things of life are the same to both: the sum total of both...Alfred and Scanderbeg and Gustavus? Suppose they were 15 virtuous; did they wear out virtue? As great a stake depends on your private act to-day as followed... | |
 | Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 556 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work: but the things of life are the same to both : the sum total of both...and renowned steps. When private men shall act with original views, the luster will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen. The... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work ; but the things of life are the same to both ; the sum total of both...and renowned steps. When private men shall act with original views, the luster will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen. The... | |
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