A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends;... Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.]. - Page 40by Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849Full view - About this book
| Fredrika Bremer - 1854 - 676 pages
...thought and felt the whole time, and we shall be forced to take our own opinion from another. * * * # " Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place which the Divine Providence has found for you ; the society of your contemporaries, the connection... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...watchword of Never give up ! TUPPER'S Ballads and Poems. XXIII. COURAGE ! A RALLAD FOR TROURLOUS TIMES. "TRUST thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron...for you ; the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a de* liverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius...deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope. /t Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron v / string. Accept the place the divine providence... | |
| Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 682 pages
...Trust thyself, every heart vibrates to that iron string;" and then, applying the principle, he says, "Accept the place the Divine Providence has found for you; the society of contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves, child-like,... | |
| Maria Hall - 1868 - 410 pages
...Essays " I cannot forbear quoting passages which have often, in my own life, renewed earnestness and hope : — "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to...of your contemporaries, the connection of events." * * * * " Kingdom and lordship, power and estate, are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which...hope. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron siring. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...when he has put his heart into his work and done his best ; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genins deserts him-, no muse befriends; no invention, no hope. Trust thyself: every heart vibrates... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...heart into his work and done his best ; I \ but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him 1 \ no peace. It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genins deserts him -, no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope. Trust thyself : every heart vibrates... | |
| William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 304 pages
...invention, no hope. 10 Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place 11 the divine providence has found for you, the society...always done so, and confided themselves childlike 12 to the genius of their age, betraying 18 their perception that 14 the absolutely trustworthy 16... | |
| William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 294 pages
...has put his heart into his work, and done his best; but what s he has said or done otherwise shall 9 give him no peace. It is a deliverance which does...deserts him ; no muse befriends ; no invention, no hope. 10 Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place 11 the divine providence... | |
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