 What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those...  Essays - Page 44by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...do not need 10 for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction 15 between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 pages
...and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns ;me, not what the people...distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the hardes, ; because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you... | |
 | Constance M. Whishaw - 1908 - 402 pages
...and self, the two great elements of the world that lieth in wickedness." CHARLES KINGSLEY. " WHAT I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule ... is harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 496 pages
...do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. [_ What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual-life, may serve for the whole 4istinctio£Lbetwee«-grea{ness and meanness. It is the... | |
 | Helen Belle True - 1909 - 128 pages
...where we shall find fulness of joy and peace and power and plenty. — Helen B. True SECTION V WHAT I MUST DO, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. ... It is easy in the •world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. 9. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...life, may serve for the whole distinction between 30 greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1910 - 544 pages
...sir, in your modest attempt. Remember this, however, that the greatest reason is always the truest. You will always find those who think they know what is your duty far better than you know it yourself, so go to the Sunday School if they bid you; there 'sa good boy.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 196 pages
...only one side of nature — the sweet, without the other side — the bitter. Spiritual Laws. w HAT I must do, is all that concerns me; not what the people...those who think they know what is your duty better Selftrust GreatInde pend The World Spirit than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...serve for the whole distinction between greatness and 10 meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your... | |
 | Thomas Tapper - 1912 - 312 pages
...threescore years of time holds an eternity fearfully and wonderfully hidden. — CABLYLE. EFFICIENCY What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. ... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
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