 Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add...  Essays: First series - Page 100by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...penalties to the thief." " Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | 1857 - 444 pages
...sprinkling with an unwearied providence certain penal blindnesses upon-such as have unbridled desires.' .... There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are the proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am ; in a virtuous act I add to the... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...penalties to the thief." " Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to^wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am ; in a virtuous... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...penalties to the thief." " Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to'wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am ; in a virtuous... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue;...can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, none to beauty, when 'these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
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