 | Joel Porte (ed), Saundra Morris - 1999 - 304 pages
...can afford to be a "rejecter of all that is," but, as Emerson said in "Self-Reliance," must rather "accept the place the divine Providence has found for you; the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events" (28). Emerson admits that there is a pathology in trifling and an unworthiness... | |
 | John J. Stuhr - 2000 - 724 pages
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 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and has done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. It is a...found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius... | |
 | Georgene Muller Lockwood - 2000 - 332 pages
...giving back. Volunteer, write letters, attend meetings, and begin to shape the future. Simple Wisdom "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Simple Wisdom "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent... | |
 | Elinor Walker - 2000 - 264 pages
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 | Harper Barnes - 2001 - 540 pages
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 | Sam McGuire Worley - 2001 - 196 pages
...said that "society is everywhere in conspiracy against its members" also said, and in the same essay, "accept the place the divine Providence has found...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." Now, when events are taken in disconnection and considered apart from the interactions due to the selecting... | |
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends;... 
