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, none... Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.]. - Page 67by Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849Full view - About this book
| John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...11. No one but yourself knows what that which is in. you can do, nor do you know till you have tried. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. The force of his own merit makes his way — A gift that heaven gives. Make one basket, make a hundred.... | |
| Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pages
...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,...has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Shakespeare ? Where is the master that could have taught Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...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...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person lias exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where ia the master who could... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - 1863 - 254 pages
...own gift you can present every mo* See Note E, page 172. ment, with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of...you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write sincerely. Take... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...', My 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 cau bring you peace but the triumph of principles." His... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...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,...has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Shakespeare ? Where is the master that could have taught Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon,... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 396 pages
...of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half-possession. That which each can do best, none hut his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it. 2. Where is the master who could have taught 'Shakspeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed... | |
| Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...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, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what... | |
| 1867 - 656 pages
...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. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...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...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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