 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
 | Stanley Cavell - 2005 - 432 pages
...event of each that passes. Emerson's transcendentalism speaks ahead to Rohmer's, from "Self-Reliance": "Accept the place the divine Providence has found...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." Some in my hearing have taken Emerson here to be speaking conservatively, as if not, and urging us... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...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 Ms genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates... | |
 | David L. Marcus - 2005 - 366 pages
..."Self-Reliance" by Emerson: "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string," it said. "Accept the place divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events." What did that mean, you were supposed to give up the idea of going home and be thrilled about living... | |
 | Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...truth, to right and a perfect contentment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ Spiritual Laws, 1896 Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string....of your contemporaries, the connection of events. ~ Emerson ~ To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather... | |
 | Karen Kelly - 2007 - 238 pages
...when he has put his heart into his wort( and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance, which...deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope. Ultimately, it's safe to say that Beethoven, Shakespeare, and Emerson were optimistic men, yet they... | |
 | Philipp Mehne - 2008 - 234 pages
...Anspielung auf das nach puritanischer Lesart von der Vorsehung auserwählte Amerika kaum deutlicher sein: „Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron...found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events." (CW 2, 28). In der Anweisung an den Einzelnen, sich ausschließlich auf die eigene... | |
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