 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...impels its wings, and points its course. There U nothing so solitary as a solitary man. — Chapin. The great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness th« independence of solitude. — Emerson. If solitude deprives of the benefit of advice, it also... | |
 | Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia - 1898 - 198 pages
...body is the bow that sends them home. The mind aims, the body fires." — NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS. "A great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude. Happy is he who has a sanctuary in his own soul. He who is virtuous is wise;... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 358 pages
...Gods still sitting on their thrones ; they alone with him alone. "The great man," he elsewhere says, "is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude." We may all, if we will, secure peace of mind for ourselves. "Men seek retreats,"... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1893 - 506 pages
...on their thrones ; they alone with him alone. " The great man," he elsewhere says, " is 1 Emctetus. he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude." We may all, if we will, secure peace of mind for ourselves. " Men seek retreats,"... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 334 pages
...it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst...objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to }-011, is, that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character.... | |
 | 1895 - 344 pages
...is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after one's own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. 20. I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst...If you maintain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible-society, vote with a great party either for the government or against it, spread your table like... | |
 | 1896 - 374 pages
...it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst...If you maintain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible-society, vote with a great party either for the government or against it, spread your table like... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 pages
...this way, it ought not to be discussed at all. He would have us each independent; and yet he says, "The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with ptrfect sweetness the independence of solitude." "Perfect sweetness" never means sourness, bigotry... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Newcomb - 1897 - 272 pages
...the prisoner is his own stern judge. XIV. MISERABLE OFFENDERS. My peace I give unto you. — Jesus. The objection to conforming to usages that have become...your time and blurs the impression of your character. And of course so much force is withdrawn from your proper life. — Emerson. SUNDAY. We have done those... | |
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It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. 
