 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
 | Henry Clay Trumbull - 1889 - 210 pages
...— you must stand or fall. Emerson but paraphrases and applies this apostolic truth when he says : " That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. . . . Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much, or dare too much." And quaint old... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 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 ? l Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin,2 or Washington, or Bacon,3... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 334 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... | |
 | 1895 - 814 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?... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1895 - 294 pages
...yourself — never imitate. Your 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 L speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write sincerely. Take... | |
 | 1896 - 234 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... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 498 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?... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 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,...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... | |
 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1905 - 754 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. Every man in his lifetime... | |
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