| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of (lie farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...nature though for cheap ends. Caratach, in Fletcher's Bonduea, when admonished to inquire the mind of the god Audate, replies, — " His hidden meaning lies... | |
| Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...prayers, heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends." FALSE PEAYEES. " Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance;... | |
| George Willis Cooke - 1881 - 416 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature." l In his first book he expressed his deep appreciation of the value of prayer. " In the uttermost meaning... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer ; if not, attend your... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 356 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer ; if not, attend... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...Audate, replies, — "His hidden meaning lies in our endeavours ; Our valours are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the endeavours ; Our valours are our best gods." Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Burnham - 1883 - 324 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard through all nature, though for cheap ends. — RW Emerson (Self-reliance, Essays, I., p. 67). From... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...will then see prayer in all action. The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with the stroke of his...our regrets. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer ; if not, attend... | |
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