The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide ; him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because... The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 39by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 pages
...honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress...because men hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoro'"•' aster, "the blessed Immortals are swift." C.As men's prayers are a disease of the will,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress...intellect. They say with those foolish Israelites, c Let not God speak to us, lest we die. Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey.' Everywhere... | |
| 1919 - 728 pages
...kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends. ... As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect." Prayer in the form of petition for personal ends is presumptuous, impertinent, offensive. The ready... | |
| Augustine Birrell - 1903 - 60 pages
...an injury if it be anything more than a cheerful apologue or parable of my being and becoming .... As men's prayers are a disease of the will so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. (On Self-Reliance}. You cannot, I repeat, however dogmatically inclined, construct a theology out of... | |
| L. Dhaleine - 1905 - 522 pages
...ajoute-t-il, est l'essence de cette foi, qui a pour objet simplei . As men's prayers are a discase of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. (Emerson. Self reliance.) i To exall particular forms, to adhere to one form a moment after it is (Hitgrown,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...honours crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress...he held on his way and scorned our disapprobation. 20 The gods love him because men hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, "the blessed... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...crown, all eyes follow with de30 sire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress...because men hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster,0 "the blessed Immortals are swift. " 38. As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...for the Celtic goddess (not god) Audrasta. love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress...because men hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster,1 " the blessed Immortals are s swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are... | |
| 1913 - 692 pages
...joy. Prayer that craves any particular commodity — anything less than all good, is vicious. . . . As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. — Emerson. Reverie By CHARLES ALBERT FUESSLE With purpling folds night shrouds the weary, toil-worn... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress...said Zoroaster, "the blessed Immortals are swift." 5 As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. They... | |
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