 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 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 5 all this deference to Alfred and Scanderbeg and Gustavus? Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman - 1918 - 504 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... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 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...Suppose they were virtuous: did they wear out virtue? s» As great a stake depends on your private act today as followed their public and renowned steps.... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 432 pages
...the sum total of both is the same. Why all this deference to Alfred and Scanderberg* and Gustavus? f Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue?...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 - 1921 - 580 pages
...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,...they wear out virtue? As great a stake depends on youB private act to-day, as followed their public and renowned steps. When private men shall act with... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 416 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 all this deference to Alfred and Scanderberg* and Gustavus?f Suppose they were virtuous; did they wear out virtue? As great a stake... | |
 | 1923 - 730 pages
...life are the same to both .... Why all this deference to Alfred, and Scanderbeg, and Gustavus ? .... As great a stake depends on your private act to-day, as followed their public and renowned steps," etc. the discursive intellect within the common field of general philosophy find a special exemplification... | |
 | University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 444 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... | |
 | University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 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... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a small house and common day's work; but the things ttoman, a helpless prey to a whirl of violent emotions, original views, the luster will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen. The... | |
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