 If any man consider the present aspects of what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers.  Essays - Page 68by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 pages
...society, law to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others. <I If any man consider the present aspects of what is...of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect reasons. We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state, but we see that most natures... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1924 - 152 pages
...heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. —SELF-RELIANCE + We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid...other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. . . . Our housekeeping is mendicant; our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion we have... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 pages
...society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others ! If any man consider the present aspects of what is...seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding^whimpe~r'ers. We ai'e^STraid of truth, afraid oT"fortune7*afr'a'ld uf death, and afraid... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 pages
...society, he will see the need of these ethics, he sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and e are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are...of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and af of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect pers< We want men and women who shall renovate... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others! If any man consider the present aspects of what is...and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are behowever long we have dwelt in lies, to 20 come timorous, desponding whimperlive in truth. Does this... | |
 | 1937 - 898 pages
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 | 1897 - 902 pages
...politicians he scores constantly. The following is his description of the social world of his day : " If any man consider the present aspects of what is...and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers." It is the same wherever we open his books. He must spur on, feed up, bring forward the dormant character... | |
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