 Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance ? Inasmuch as the soul is present, there will be power not confident but agent. To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because it works and is.  Essays: First Series - Page 78by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1922 - 314 pages
...way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his...him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits. We fancy it rhetoric, ifl when we speak of eminent virtue. We do not yet see that virtue is Height,... | |
 | University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 444 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the...which relies because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the...which relies because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 446 pages
...way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his...him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits. We fancy it rhetoric when we speak of eminent virtue. We do not yet see that virtue is Height, and... | |
 | 1904 - 558 pages
...same pupil may fed himself superior, and be so regarded by the others. This recalls Emerson's words: "Who has more soul than I, masters me, though he should not raise his finger Who has less, I rule with like facility." 7. The leaders in the tests, according to the testimony of... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror...Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the...which relies because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...With the rogue, shoves Jesus ana Juaas equally aside . i^^ty, thpr^ flft we prate oi sen-reliance c inasmuch as the [soul is present, there will be power not confident but agent. Wo talk ot rtllailHH is a boor external wav oi speaking. Sjfcak 'rather of that which 1*61163, beCat!5<JH... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...disburden the memory of its is a poor external way of speaking, hoarded treasures as old rubbish. «acting Speak rather of that which relies because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1979 - 434 pages
...reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of self-reliance? Inasmuch as the...which relies, because it works and is. Who has more obedience than I, masters me, though he should not raise his finger. Round him I must revolve by the... | |
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