 Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.  Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 151by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1890 - 596 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent 1 Image. ,2 " Proportionate," etc., ie, of correct proportions and of good results, so long as. destiny... | |
 | 1894 - 596 pages
...done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius oi their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...but redeemers and benefactors, pious aspirants to the noble clay under the Almighty effort let us advance on Chaos and the Dark." . Some of our barnacles,... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest spirit the same transcendent destiny; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 236 pages
...so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...all their being. And we are now men, and must accept |l in the highest spirit the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 460 pages
...so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest spirit the same tran5 scendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 180 pages
...done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.' These were the voices of which Arnold speaks in his essay on Emerson. He says : ' Forty years ago,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 176 pages
...done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.' These were the voices of which Arnold speaks in his essay on Emerson. He says : ' Forty years ago,... | |
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