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" A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. "
The New Practical Shorthand Manual: A Complete and Comprehensive Exposition ... - Page 146
by Benn Pitman - 1892 - 170 pages
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The Thin Books: Daily Strategies & Meditations for Fat-free, Guilt-free ...

Jeane Eddy Westin - 1996 - 476 pages
...find my answer on the other side of action. January 13 You Are Your Sunshine A man should learn to watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within. —Ralph Waldo Emerson The sixth principle in your action plan says, "Make your own sunlight." Don't...
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Some Necessary Angels: Essays on Writing and Politics

Jay Parini - 1997 - 294 pages
...nature, is in our own eye," writes Emerson in Nature, going further in "SelfReliance" (1839): "A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages." This inner light is what Frost, like Emerson,...
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The Emerson Museum: Practical Romanticism and the Pursuit of the Whole

Lee Rust Brown - 1997 - 314 pages
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Contingency Blues: The Search For Foundations In American Criticism

Paul Jay - 1997 - 236 pages
...is, that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages" (259). Emerson's position here recalls the...
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Introduction to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) Management System

Thomas B. McMullen, Jr - 1998 - 324 pages
...is that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.' Yet he dismisses without notice his thought,...
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The Good Life

Charles B. Guignon - 1999 - 350 pages
...that they set at naught books and traditions, and spoke not what men, but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought,...
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Finding the Champion Within: A Step-by-Step Plan for Reaching Your Full ...

Bruce Jenner - 1999 - 280 pages
...your time to make your move? Look for a flash of light, a moment of clarity, a glow of feeling. "A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in his landmark essay "Self-Reliance." Reject that gleam, either out of insecurity...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Literature

Laurie E. Rozakis - 1999 - 500 pages
...believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius... A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages.... "There is a time in every man's education...
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American Ethics: A Source Book from Edwards to Dewey

Guy W. Stroh, Howard G. Callaway - 2000 - 524 pages
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Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy: Essential Readings and ...

John J. Stuhr - 2000 - 724 pages
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