 | Henry Wheeler Robinson - 1928 - 324 pages
...they were worth, on the deepest convictions of their own hearts, convictions of intrinsic worth. " To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart ia true for all men — that is genius."1 It was the genius of Israel's prophets, and they became prophets... | |
 | George Carpenter Clancy - 1928 - 288 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... | |
 | Caswell A. Mayo - 1928 - 82 pages
...striking characteristic. Emerson says, 'Who would be a man must be a nonconformist.' He also said, 'To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you is true for all men — that is genius.' Measured by these standards, Professor Lloyd is both a man... | |
 | Mary Stanton - 2000 - 284 pages
...himself (or herself) he has also found what is true for all. In his essay "Self Reliance," Vi read, "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...private heart is true for all men— that is genius. It is a kind of genius that is possible for anyone who is willing to acquire it." As Vi studied philosophy,... | |
 | Richard Shusterman - 2000 - 292 pages
...boldly concludes, and you will attain not only a distinctive style but the distinction of true genius. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...true for you in your private heart, is true for all men,—that is genius." Since nothing is more "sacred" than "the integrity of our own mind," the imitation... | |
 | James M. Jasper - 2009 - 328 pages
...nature. Emerson's essay "Self-Reliance" was one of the most famous statements of the new romanticism. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense; for the inmost... | |
 | Ulrich Weisstein, Jean-Louis Cupers - 2000 - 344 pages
...mercy of the selection, intelligence, and possible mendacity of the respondents. Emerson said that "to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius" (48). I can see no reason why anyone should buy genius by assenting to such an unlikely proposition,... | |
 | Peter Dennis Bathory, Nancy Lynn Schwartz - 2001 - 340 pages
...presumably, is that no imitator can be a genius, and genius is the tonic of the essay. To believe in your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all — that is genius.65 In The American Scholar, Emerson calls genius "the sound estate of everyman."66... | |
 | Charles H. Kramer - 2000 - 306 pages
...can be a path to becoming more effective as a therapist — and a human being. I trust Emerson's,2 "To believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all ... is genius." Our humanity is essential for therapeutic chemistry. Being fully present conveys a... | |
 | Valerie Rohy - 2000 - 212 pages
...informs Emerson's "Self-Reliance," where it implies die necessity, and die impossibility, of knowing diat "what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men."58 To die extent that Emerson's statement holds true in American culture, however, it is less... | |
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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. 
