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" To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genins. "
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 245
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870
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Essays for College English

James Cloyd Bowman - 1918 - 504 pages
...some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. Always the soul hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe...
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English Journal, Volume 8

1919 - 692 pages
...idea of how far "Self-Reliance" is above the everyday level. And we got that with the fourth sentence: "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...private heart is true for all men — that is genius." "How many times," I asked them, "have you had an idea when a teacher asked a thought-question, but...
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English Journal, Volume 8

1919 - 694 pages
...idea of how far "Self-Reliance" is above the everyday level. And we got that with the fourth sentence: "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...private heart is true for all men — that is genius." "How many times," I asked them, "have you had an idea when a teacher asked a thought-question, but...
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Century Readings for a Course in American Literature

1919 - 966 pages
...verses writ- 45 ten by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always w 50 any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you...
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Public Speaking for Business Men

William George Hoffman - 1923 - 312 pages
...Study its meaning in detail and then give it in earnest conversational fashion, as if you enjoyed it: To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your own private heart is true for all men — that is genius. Speak your latent conviction and it shall...
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The Bookman, Volume 59

1924 - 1042 pages
...nobility of the mind which is recording itself. His definition of genius is very true of himself — "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...private heart, is true for all men, that is genius." Therefore he speaks out his own thoughts with a burning eloquence born of his absolute sincerity. This...
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My Little Book of Emerson: Being an Introd. to Emerson and a Breviary of His ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1924 - 152 pages
...knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end! —INTELLECT + 1 o believe your own thought, to believe that what is...private heart, is true for all men, — that is Genius. — SELF-RELIANCE * We cannot describe the natural history of the Soul but we know that it is divine....
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Practical Public Speaking

Bertrand Lyon - 1925 - 444 pages
...some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe...
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Emerson's Essays and Poems: Selected and Edited with an Introd

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject...value than any thought they may contain. To believe J-.n_hp1ipvP tW what, is true f^vou^n>nui "priv; heart is _truc_ for all men, — -that ia f""'!^ Speak,...
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American Literature

Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always ny instill is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe...
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