 A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends;...  Twelve Essays - Page 40by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Deidre Combs - 2011 - 287 pages
...for understanding our physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects. Trust thyself, every heart vihrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence...connection of events Great men have always done so. — Ralph Waldo Emerson LOOK WITHIN Just like another may hold great wisdom, so do we. To listen within,... | |
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...gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which...muse befriends; no invention, no hope. Trust thyself: evers-' heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you,... | |
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...imagine that Nietzsche may be thought to be in disagreement with Emerson's saying, in "Self-Reliance," "Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you; the society of your contemporaries" when Nietzsche refers to himself as a "stepchild" of his times. But what Emerson's phrase here contrasts... | |
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