 Life only avails, not the having lived. Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes;...  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 29by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates; that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation...soul is present there will be power not confident but agent.31 To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies... | |
 | 1906 - 418 pages
...darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for, that forever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty; all reputation...with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. — Emerson. Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...The way that leads to solitude, not to imitation. 3 Grows, passes into a new state of being. degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation...of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the soul is present 5 there will be power not confident l but agent.2 To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 pages
...darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul 'becomes'; for that for ever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation...which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Bound him I must revolve by the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation...confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas0 equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...hates, that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate...is present, there will be power not confident but agent.1 To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past ; turns all riches to poverty, all reputation 30 to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves...relies because it works and is. Who has more soul than 1 masters me, though he should not raise his linger. Eound him I must revolve by the gravitation of... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...the soul becomes ; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves...which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 pages
...darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates ; that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation...which relies because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 pages
...darting to an aim. This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for, that forever degrades the past; turns all riches to poverty; all reputation...present, there will be power not confident but agent. <I To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because... | |
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