 | 1908 - 774 pages
...true light and in large relations.' And again — as if he were actually thinking of Winslow Homer — 'he is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.' Great men are thus somewhat separate and isolated. Winslow Homer's feeling for wild, primitive nature... | |
 | 1919 - 978 pages
...at times, perhaps, but with sincerity always, the course that he felt to be the righteous course. " He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others," was Emerson's test of greatness, and measured by that standard it should and must be the judgment of... | |
 | 1882 - 1022 pages
...present day, we shall seldom look upon his like again. He achieved Emerson's definition of a great man "he is great who is what he 'is from nature, and who never reminds us of others." DEATH OF DR. JOSEPH J. BROWN. — The announcement is made of the death of Dr. Joseph J. Brown, Medical... | |
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He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others. 
