 An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism, of Wesley ; Abolition, of Clarkson. Scipio, Milton called " the height of Rome " ; and all history resolves...  Essays - Page 53by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Adam Hochschild - 2006 - 500 pages
...Clarkson." "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, ". . . the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson. . . . All history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons."... | |
 | Philipp Mehne - 2008 - 234 pages
...have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his virtue, that he confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An Institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; äs Monachism, of Fox; Methodism, of Wesley; Abolition, of Clarkson. (CW 2, 35). Emersons Entwurf von... | |
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