 We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defence...  Works - Page 115by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Philip Cafaro - 2010 - 288 pages
...concludes. "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men."20 In short, Emerson tries to inoculate his listeners against bookishness and passivity, while... | |
 | Patrick J. Keane - 2005 - 575 pages
...democratic phrases, "each and all," with "every man . . . the Temple of Deity." Emerson announced: "A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men" (E&L 71; italics added). We can still appreciate the rapture with which Carlyle read such words: "Out... | |
 | Stephen K. George - 2005 - 428 pages
...our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defence [.vj1-] and a wreath of joy around all. A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each... | |
 | Mitchell Meltzer - 2005 - 216 pages
...individualized messianism: The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defense and a wreath of joy around all. A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each... | |
 | Lee T. Pearcy - 2005 - 204 pages
...our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defense and a wreath of joy around all. A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each... | |
 | Harold Kaplan - 336 pages
...moral law, which actually was not a law at all but the compulsion to cherish existence and defend it. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defense and a wreath of joy around all.46 One contemplates this assertion of the "double consciousness"... | |
 | R. Todd Felton - 2006 - 99 pages
...our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men. In 1819 Norton became the Dexter professor of sacred literature. In that position, he sought to firmly... | |
 | T. Gregory Garvey - 2006 - 280 pages
...asks Americans to sculpt in the common mind. If individuals can achieve autonomy, Emerson concludes, "the dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men" (CW 1:70). In what is likely the most emphatic articulation of the anticipated convergence of consensus... | |
 | Philip Cafaro - 2006 - 289 pages
...concludes. "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men."20 In short, Emerson tries to inoculate his listeners against bookishness and passivity, while... | |
 | Len Gougeon - 2012 - 280 pages
...step leading eventually to the renewal and redemption of the entire society. When that moment comes, "A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." 11 His focus at this time remained largely on the individual, and he was not interested in a more direct... | |
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