 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 304 pages
...suicide ; that 18 he must take himself, for better, for worse, 14 as his portion ; that 18 though 16 the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but 16 through his toil bestowed" on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. 18 The power which... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 pages
...is suicide ; that18 he must take himself, for better, for worse,14 as his portion ; that18 though16 the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but16 through his toil bestowed17 on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.18 The power... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 294 pages
...to him but 16 through his toil bestowed 17 on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. 1s The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but 19 he knows what that is which he can do; nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 pages
...universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but 16 through his toil bestowed 17 on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. 1s The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but 19 he knows what that is which he... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pages
...trees which are most richly laden with fruit, bend downward, and hang lowest. INDUSTRY. — Emerscm. Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to a man, but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. INNOCENCE.... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pages
...trees which are most richly laden with fruit, bend downward, and hang lowest. INDUSTRY. — Emerson. Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to a man, but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. INNOCENCE.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; 'that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing com can come to him but througli his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 406 pages
...represents somewhat of its nature no other person can express. Each person is to trust himself, because " the power which resides in him is new in nature ; and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried." 4 Emerson's doctrine of self-trust... | |
 | Young people - 1882 - 608 pages
...explore new continents of truth." Youth is the sowing time. The mind is every man's fair seed field; and, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to any man but through the toil and tillage bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to everyone... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion ; that though the wide universe is...resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. Not for nothing one face, one character,... | |
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There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel... 
