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" 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 40
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pages
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The Brotherhood of Letters

John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 290 pages
...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...him ; no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope." I should like to have seen the grim visage of Carlyle, and the play upon the features of William Black...
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The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections ...

Phineas Garrett - 1892 - 970 pages
...good e'er comes, of leisure idly spent ; And Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not work. Sophocles. Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string....of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Emerson. It is not many words that real wisdom prove; Breathe rather one wise thought, Select one worthy...
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The New Practical Shorthand Manual: A Complete and Comprehensive Exposition ...

Benn Pitman - 1892 - 202 pages
...said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It-is-a deliverance47 which doesnot' deliver. In-the attempt his genius deserts him ; no muse befriends...invention, no hope. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to-that iron string. Accept'-the place the divine providence has-found for-you, the society of-your...
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With Friend and Book: In the Study and the Fields

John Rogers Rees - 1892 - 192 pages
...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." "I think the most heart-whole man I ever knew was a man who had waited and watched, breaking stones...
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Emerson Year Book: Selections for Every Day in the Year from the Essays of ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 168 pages
...Eighteenth. August Nineteenth. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. August Twentieth. Accept the place the divine providence has found for...of your contemporaries, the connection of events. August Twenty-first. August Twenty-second. The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a. dinner, and would...
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Denver Medical Times: Utah Medical Journal. Nevada Medicine, Volume 14

1894 - 596 pages
...sitting and waiting patiently for his first patient, might read, possibly, the following with profit: "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence had found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 334 pages
...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...Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlika to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their...
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How to Succeed: Or, Stepping Stones to Fame and Fortune

Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 344 pages
...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...deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope." " I do not know how it is with others when speaking on an important question," said Henry Clay; " but...
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Discourses in America

Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 238 pages
...has felt, he may feel ; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand.' 'Trust thyself 1 every «^ heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept...found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius...
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Discourses in America

Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 236 pages
...felt, he may feel ; what at any time has befallen any man, he can understand.' 'Trust thyself! every v heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place...found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius...
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