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" is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties meet in numerous conventions; the greater the concourse, and with each new uproar... "
The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 57
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 59 pages
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The Life of Florence Nightingale: 1820-1861

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1913 - 566 pages
...in it another fate for Florence Nightingale. " Thy lot or portion in life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." So Miss Nightingale may have read in Emerson ; and in homelier phrase her good Aunt Mai had said to...
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The Life of Florence Nightingale: 1820-1861

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1913 - 668 pages
...in it another fate for Florence Nightingale. " Thy lot or portion in life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." So Miss Nightingale may have read in Emerson ; and in homelier phrase her good Aunt Mai had said to...
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The Life of Florence Nightingale v. 1, Volume 1

Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1914 - 584 pages
...in it another fate for Florence Nightingale. " Thy lot or portion in life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." So Miss Nightingale may have read in Emerson ; and in homelier phrase her good Aunt Mai had said to...
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Readings from American Literature: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges

Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from...uproar of announcement, The delegation from Essex! The Democrats from New Hampshire! The Whigs of Maine! The young patriot feels himself stronger than before...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1918 - 558 pages
...Society and Solitude and Letters and Social Aims. NOTES 495 of Mahomet: ' Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.' " See also " The Over-Soul " (Essays, First Series, p. 293). Page 272, nate i. Compare the quatrain...
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Types of the Essay

Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 432 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. “Thy lot or portion of life,” said the Caliph Ali, “is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from...uproar of announcement, The delegation from Essex! The Democrats from New Hampshire! The Whigs of Maine! the young patriot feels himself stronger than before...
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Types of the Essay

Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 416 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. "Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from...uproar of announcement, The delegation from Essex! The Democrats from New Hampshire ! The Whigs of Maine ! the young patriot feels himself stronger than before...
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Essays and Poems of Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. "Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from...uproar of announcement, The delegation from Essex! The Democrats from New Hampshire! The Whigs of Maine! the young patriot feels himself stronger than before...
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Essays and Poems of Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 584 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. "Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from...uproar of announcement, The delegation from Essex! The Democrats from New Hampshire! The Whigs of Maine! the young patriot feels himself stronger than before...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]., Volume 6

Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pages
...in security. 13. The order of a wise man is the highest of orders. 14. Thy lot (or portion of life) is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it. 15. The restraining the soul (or self) from its appetite, is the greatest holy war. 16. Consider well...
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