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" Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely... "
The Water Cure Journal and Hygienic Magazine - Page 76
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History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind^he same transcendent destin}- ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards...
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Introductory Lessons in English Literature: For High Schools and Academies

Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through 55 their hands, predominating in all their being. And...men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before...
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So this Then is the Essay on Self-reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 pages
...connexion of events. Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was...men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but redeemers...
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Old South Leaflets: General series

1902 - 512 pages
...Providence assigned them. Sir, the words are yours which I quote. You have told your people that they are now men, and must accept, in the highest mind, the same destiny, — that they are not minors and invalids in a protected corner, but guides, redeemers, and...
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Old South Leaflets

1902 - 510 pages
...Providence assigned them. Sir, the words are yours which I quote. You have told your people that they are now men, and must accept, in the highest mind, the same destiny, — that they are not minors and invalids in a protected corner, but guides, redeemers, and...
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The Works of Matthew Arnold, Volume 4

Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 404 pages
...of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest spirit the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution,...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 pages
...genius of their age, betray- « ing their perception that the absolutely trustwor- • thy was seated at their heart, working through • their hands, predominating...men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected cor- «~Ti ner, not cowards fleeing...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before...
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Matthew Arnold: Poet and Critic

Arnold Schrag - 1904 - 108 pages
...young men moved by Emerson's mighty call: "Trust thyself! . . . Great men have always done so, ... betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through theif hands, predominating in all their being." Of all these admirations that of Gcethe alone remained...
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