 gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured farmer or backwoodsman, which all men relish. A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 17by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 410 pages
...phenomenon into a type of somewhat in human life, never loses its power to affect us. It is this which gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured...proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplkitv. of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 pages
...phenomenon into a type of somewhat in human life, never loses its power to affect us. It is this which gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured...upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss. The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. When simplicity of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1892 - 656 pages
...phenomenon into a type of somewhat in human life, never loses its power to affect us. It is this which gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured...upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss. The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. When simplicity long-civilized... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1896 - 268 pages
...even so much as this he can not do unless the material is ready to his hand. Emerson tells us that a man's power to connect his thought with its proper...depends on the simplicity of his character—" that is, his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss"; that " the corruption of man is... | |
 | RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 428 pages
...phenomenon into a type of somewhat in human life, never loses its power to affect us. It is this which gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong-natured...upon his love of truth and his desire to communicate it without loss. The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. When simplicity of... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1898 - 268 pages
...even so much as this he can not do unless the material is ready to his hand. Emerson tells us that a man's power to connect his thought with its proper...depends on the simplicity of his character—" that is, his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss"; that " the corruption of man is... | |
 | Lorenzo Sears - 1902 - 494 pages
...subject. It is interesting to note his remarks about language and words as the symbols of thoughts. " A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends upon the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate... | |
 | Lorenzo Sears - 1902 - 506 pages
...subject. It is interesting to note his remarks about language and words as the symbols of thoughts. " A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends upon the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 524 pages
...this which gives that piquancy to the con- / versation of a strong-natured farmer or back- * woodsman, which all men relish. A man's power to connect his...upon his love of truth and his desire to communicate it without loss. The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. When C simplicity... | |
 | Georgia Alexander - 1906 - 118 pages
...such appreciation insures not only a respect for correct form in spelling, but makes for character. "A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it," says Emerson, "depends upon the simplicity of his character, that is upon his love of truth and desire... | |
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