 What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those...  Essays: First Series - Page 60by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assuiance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what...always find those who think they know what is your duly better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1895 - 380 pages
...it in the highest attainable state of efficiency. CHAPTER VI. WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK. •' "IT THAT 1 must do is all that concerns me, not » » what the people think. This rule," says Emerson, " equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 144 pages
...am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. 9. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the...they know what is your duty better than you know it. JJt is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the...people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder,... | |
 | 1899 - 606 pages
...but honest and honorable. Remember what that greatest of American ethical thinkers, Emerson, says : ' What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. ... It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1900 - 638 pages
...faith that should never fail us." — CARLYLE'S Letters. " What I must do is all that concerns me, and not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous...you will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion : it... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. 155 What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the...harder because you will always find those who think 160 they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 636 pages
...faith that should never fail us." — CARLYLE'S Letters. " What I must do is all that concerns me, and not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous...between greatness and meanness. " It is the harder beeause you will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It... | |
 | 1901 - 542 pages
...into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace." "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what...people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is easy in the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not ^hat the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve 48 for the whole distinction between greatness^ and meanness. It is the harder because you I will always... | |
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