Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end. There is not a piece of science but its flank... Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 90by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1886 - 696 pages
...Emerson has characteristically said:—" Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration...but its flank may be turned to-morrow; there is not a literary reputation, not the socalled eternal names of fame, that may not be revised and condemned."... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1886 - 698 pages
...Emerson has characteristically said: — "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken eut in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end. There is not a piece of science... | |
| Josiah Hughes - 1891 - 534 pages
...like gleaming gems, such as this : " Beware when the Great God lets loose a thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration...out in a great city and no man knows what is safe ; there is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow. There is not any literary... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...piece of science, but its flnnk may be turned to-morrow ; there is not any literary reputation, nor the so-called eternal names of fame, that may not be revised and condcmed. — Emertm. Nurture your mind with great thoughtsTo believe in the heroic makes heroes. —... | |
| 1896 - 522 pages
...— "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet." Then all things are at a risk. There is not a piece of science but its flank may be turned to-morrow ; there is not any literary reparation, not the so-called eternal names of fame, that may not be revised and condemned. The very... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...as to preclude a still higher vision. Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration...and condemned. The very hopes of man, the thoughts of his heart, the religion of nations, the manners and morals of mankind, are all at the mercy of a... | |
| 1900 - 496 pages
...face of the student. "Beware," says Emerson, "when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration...and no man knows what is safe or where it will end." These silent students of men and things, of principles and processes, in study and laboratory ever... | |
| University of Colorado. Department of Psychology and Education - 1902 - 588 pages
...creating souls. (1) "Beware," he tells us. "When the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration...revised and condemned. The very hopes of man, the very thoughts of his heart, the religion of nations, the manners and morals of mankind are all at the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 pages
...to preclude a still higher vision.' Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration...and condemned. The very hopes of man, the thoughts of his heart, the religion of nations, the manners and morals of mankind are all at the mercy of a... | |
| |