 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
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...the oldest languages are the most perfect, so also are the oldest religions. — Schopenhauer. THEBE is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom: they...can be no excess to love; none to knowledge; none to beauty — when these attributes are considered in the purest eense. The soul refuses all limits. —... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...understanding also ; but, should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account. horizon. There can 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 - 1899 - 380 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pages
...the eternal account. Neither *ca-n 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 all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 440 pages
...understanding also ; but, should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account. horizon. There can 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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 428 pages
...understanding also ; but, should we not see it, this deadly deduction makes square the eternal account. horizon. There can 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... | |
 | 1900 - 514 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... | |
 | 1900 - 496 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 Emerson - 1901 - 554 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...virtuous action, I properly am ; in a virtuous act, 1 add to the world ; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 104 pages
...the eternal account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of re6li59 tude 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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