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
| Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...gleam of i", light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain 20 alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this. They teach us to... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. VYet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it...recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back 41 to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 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...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across the 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 - 1902 - 66 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...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 pages
...that gleam of light which flashes across the mind from within more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice...affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide \>y our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility, then most when the whole cry of voices... | |
| Macbeth Gallery - 1896 - 396 pages
...the fact that always as good, and frequently much better work, is to be had from American artists. "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...art, have no more affecting lesson for us than this. * * * Do not think the youth has no force because he cannot speak to you and me. Hark ! in the next... | |
| George W. Rine - 1902 - 290 pages
...Men must have recreation: literature and art furnish that which is most pure, innocent, and refining. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a sort of alienated majesty. The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. Study... | |
| Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 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 - 1903 - 464 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... | |
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