Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best,... The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 44by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...11. No one but yourself knows what that which is in. you can do, nor do you know till you have tried. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. The force of his own merit makes his way — A gift that heaven gives. Make one basket, make a hundred.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...all these will find themselves fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person lias exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where ia the master who could... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - 1863 - 254 pages
...yourself," says he, " never imitate. Your own gift you can present every mo* See Note E, page 172. ment, with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation...you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write sincerely. Take... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...', My giant goes with me wherever I go." " It was in his own mind that the artist sought his model." "That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him." ', Every great man is an unique." ', Nothing cau bring you peace but the triumph of principles." His... | |
| Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...preachers can receive, — let your conduct, by embodying the text, do credit to the sermon. SELF-RELIANCE. INSIST on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what... | |
| 1867 - 646 pages
...with careful previous preparation, as the highest and most successful style. f[R 'W. EMERSON says, "Insist on yourself, never imitate. Your own gift...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write... | |
| 1867 - 650 pages
...highest and most successful style. f [RW EITEBSOJT says, " Insist on yourself, never imitate. Tour own gift you can present every moment, with the cumulative...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1873 - 252 pages
...lithe ; And clouds sail softly through the upper calms, White as the fleeces of the unshorn lambs." "Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person hag exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could... | |
| Godfrey Golding - 1873 - 348 pages
...JEREMY TAYLOR. Neither believe boasters. Look to others, but trust to yourself. SELF-RELIANCE. NSIST on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-pos- E o session. That which each can do best, none •° but his Maker can teach him. No man... | |
| William Mathews - 1874 - 202 pages
...an Idol. Be true to yourself, if you would have the world true to you. Your own gift you can exhibit every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation, but of the borrowed talent of another you have only a temporary half-possession. Do not be frightened because... | |
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