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
| Harry Levinson, Cynthia Lang - 1981 - 388 pages
...yourself; never imitate. Your own gift 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."22 Emerson's advice is not always followed, and in some organizations identification can... | |
| Hal A. Lingerman - 1988 - 356 pages
...of courage and power. September 19 Being Authentic Focus Insist on [being] yourself; never imitate. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. Ralph Waldo Emerson... | |
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...tradition, Emerson adds, "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." Thus the highest truth for Emerson: "The way, the thought, the good, shall be wholly... | |
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..."into every intelligence there is a door which is never closed, through which the Creator passes." "That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him." "A man is entitled to be valued by his best moment." But we must grant the same privileges to every... | |
| Judith Cornell - 1997 - 270 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. -Ralph Waldo Emerson5... | |
| Stephen D. Easton - 1998 - 284 pages
...cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you only have an extemporaneous half-possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. Ralph Waldo Emerson This does not mean that you cannot adopt bits and pieces of another attorney's... | |
| James S. Ackerman - 2002 - 356 pages
...never imitate. Your own gift can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole lifetime's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession."43 Everything changes when Nature includes not only the outer world but the inner; if one... | |
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...us, "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." Every great person is unique and not a copy of someone else. "The Scipionism of Scipio... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 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,...can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, until that person has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is... | |
| Micki McGee - 2005 - 304 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,...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. 27 Yet within the... | |
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