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" 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 100
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 343 pages
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R.W. Emersons Naturauffassung und ihre philosophischen Ursprünge: eine ...

Thomas Krusche - 1987 - 384 pages
...Zeitpunkt an Seinsmöglichkeiten Realisierten. Daneben gibt es jedoch die Möglichkeit, mehr Sein zu wagen: In a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous...and see the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon.111 Der Essay "Art" endet mit der Vision einer "vernünftig" - und damit wieder natürlich...
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Karma, Rhythmic Return to Harmony

Virginia Hanson, Rosemarie Stewart, Shirley J. Nicholson, S. Nicholson - 2001 - 316 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;...into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing and sec the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon. There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge,...
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Emerson As Spiritual Guide: A Companion to Emerson's Essays for Personal ...

156 pages
...retribution even when it's not obvious. On the other hand, there's no price to be paid for virtue or wisdom. "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 limits, and always...
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A Dream Too Wild: A Book of Meditations from the Writings of Ralph Waldo ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 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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Essays Series 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 256 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;...a 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...
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Compensation and Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 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 all limits. It affirms...
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The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2006 - 98 pages
...transpires. The laws and substances of nature, water, snow, wind, gravitation, become penalties to the thief. There is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom;...into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing and see darkness receding on the limits of the horizon. There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge,...
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Emerson: Political Writings

Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 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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Emerson and Self-Culture

John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 pages
...offender are the shadows of death creeping over him; that so far he is deceasing from nature; that in a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act I extend myself into real nature and see the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon" (EL3, 149)....
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The World's Great Classics: Essays of American essayists

Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 522 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...
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