 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
 | 1910 - 432 pages
...the divine expression of vital, consuming, spiritualized energy I Power is an attribute of the soul. "Who has more soul than I, masters me, though he should not raise a finger," says Emerson. It is attained only by investigation of the realities — or facts of life.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why, then, do we prate of selfreliance? Inasmuch as the...is present, there will be power not confident but agent.1 To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies,... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1912 - 206 pages
...benefactors, pious aspirants to be noble clay under the Almighty effort let us advance on Chaos and the Dark . Who has more soul than I masters me, though he should not raise a finger . Round him I must revolve by the gravitation of spirits. "Self -Reliance." RWEmerson. Examples... | |
 | Steadman Vincent Sanford, Peter Franklin Brown - 1914 - 362 pages
...above time. n. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong as it is for the weak man to be weak. 13. Who has more soul than I masters me, though he should not raise his finger. 14. I like the silent church before the service begins better than any preaching. 15. Man does not... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...reputation 30 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...relies because it works and is. Who has more soul than 1 masters me, though he should not raise his linger. Eound him I must revolve by the gravitation of... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...reputation to 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... | |
 | Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 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... | |
 | Frank Aydelotte - 1917 - 420 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... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 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...present, there will be power not confident but agent. <I To talk of reliance is a poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies, because... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 432 pages
...reputation to a shame; confounds the saint with the rogue; shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Why then do we prate of selfreliance ? Inasmuch as the...not confident but agent. To talk of reliance is a I poor external way of speaking. Speak rather of that which relies because it works and is. Who has... | |
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