Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best,... Essays - Page 68by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
| Louisa May Alcott - 1877 - 408 pages
...marked: — " ' My life is for itself, and not for a spectacle/ " 'Insist on yourself : never imitate. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him/ " ' Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope or dare too much/ Then coming to the folded... | |
| Anna Randall Diehl - 1878 - 460 pages
...of the adopted talent of another yi u have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which i ach can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No...Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? ^Viiere is the master who could hare instructed Franklin, or WaL.mngton, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...satisfied also. Insist on yourself; never imitnte. Your own gi ft you can present every moment with the part. This, from some opium experiences of mine,...am convinced is true, viz., that the dread book of instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 pages
...cumulative force of n whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of ¡mother, you have only nn extemporaneous half possession. That which each can...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person ImB exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or liacon,... | |
| 1882 - 698 pages
...for life. "Insist on yourself," says Emerson. "Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every man is a unique." . With the present... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...giant goes with me wherever I go." . ; " It was in his own mind that the artist sought his model." " That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him." " Every great man is an unique." " Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles." His... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...countenance, that he goes the missionary of wisdom and virtue, and visits cities and men like a sovereign, another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession....each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. and not like an interloper or a valet. j No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till I have no churlish... | |
| 1896 - 864 pages
...Emerson says: " Insist upon yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton?... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...satisfied also. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person VOL. II. 6 has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? Where is the master... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...satisfied also. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton... | |
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