 of my fellows any secondary testimony. • What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think . This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It  Essays - Page 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 538 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anne Judith Penny - 1858 - 304 pages
...the most obscure hiding-places of truth. " This rule," he continues, " equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness." Now I do not think that a woman ought to be indifferent to the opinion others have of her; it is so... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...William Thompson Bacon. ACTIONS—Independent. What I must do is all that concerns me, and not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what a your duty better than... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1862 - 474 pages
...it in the highest attainable state of efficiency. 1 CHAPTER VI. WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK. " "\1 7"HAT I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule," says Emerson, " equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...Whim. I hope it is something better than whim at last; but we cannot spend the day in explanation. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the...arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve as the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 490 pages
...Whim. I hope it is something better than whim at last ; but we cannot spend the day in explanation. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in adual and in intelledual life, may serve as the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 506 pages
...must do is all that concerns me, and not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 574 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
 | E S. P - 1874 - 588 pages
...goes.—Bishop Hull. Your Duty. — "What I must do," says Emerson, "is all that concerns me, and not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may servo for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 486 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must...whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than... | |
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