 But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place?  Essays - Page 53by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 270 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ?... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose... | |
 | Brainard Gardner Smith - 1891 - 188 pages
...Whitefield's oratory was not perfected until he had delivered a sermon for the fortieth time." 24. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ?...have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you do contradict yourself; what then? Out upon your guarded lips I Sew them up with packthread; do. Else,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit3 than our past acts, and we are loth to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat4 you have stated in this or that public place?... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...that scares us from self trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word, b.-cause the eyes of others have no other data for computing...somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Supfose you should contradict yourself ; what then ? t seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency ; a reverence for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing...your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ?... | |
 | Brainard Gardner Smith - 1898 - 216 pages
...Whitefield's oratory was not perfected until he had delivered a sermon for the fortieth time." 24. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ?...have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you do contradict yourself; what then? Out upon your guarded lips! Sew them up with packthread ; do. Else,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...terror that scares us from selftrust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loth to disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 598 pages
...glories of eternity ? strive, with your petty human powers, to prove them consistent things ? — " Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 596 pages
...glories of eternity ? strive, with your petty human powers, to prove them consistent things ? — " Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ?... | |
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