A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we... The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 44by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
| M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 416 pages
...the fact "—John Stuart Mill. A pause is used at a period, to mark the completion of sense; as, " In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. . . . "— Emerson. A long pause—several times the usual length of that at a period—is required... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly... | |
| Alfred Barron - 1875 - 344 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." IV. ALWAYS have a particular... | |
| Alfred Barron - 1875 - 336 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." IV. ALWAYS have a particular... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.1 Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come hack to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genins we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genins we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...gleam of light which flashes across his mind -- from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly... | |
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