 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 Essay on Self-reliance - Page 2by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude"; "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty "; "These little words are called particles merely in reference to the diminutive space they occupy... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1891 - 182 pages
...Emerson says in continuation, " Great works of art have no more affecting 1 Essay on ' Self-Reliance.' lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impressions with good-humoured inflexibility, then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1892 - 192 pages
...their own minds, they had hesitated to seize and call their own. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with...majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this : they teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humoured inflexibility,... | |
 | Frank Archer - 1892 - 246 pages
...illusiveness. " In. every work of genius," to quote once more the author of " Society and Solitude," " we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." The simplicity of a theme often gives it the appearance of being easy in execution. But the simplicity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...the firmament4 of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most5 when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-mor1... | |
 | Lilian Bell - 1895 - 302 pages
...and to make him know just what she meant. He appreciated it keenly. "A great writer once said ' In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.' " Mag clasped her hands. " Oh, I know," she said, with gentle earnestness. "All the way through I felt... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humoured inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow... | |
 | 1900 - 682 pages
...because there is no precedent for it." Here Emerson teaches us to use our own judgment when he says: "Great works of art have no more affecting lesson...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression." The worker must ever adapt his work to his material, especially when that material is human. The ideals... | |
 | Second Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 264 pages
...back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have for us no more affecting lesson than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with goodhumored inflexibility, then, most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow... | |
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