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
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others ! 20 33. If any man consider the present aspects of what is...of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and 25 afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. We want men and women who shall... | |
| David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 188 pages
...what is called by distinction society, he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of a man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous,...of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons."1 But still the balance is on the right side. " Gentlemen," he said in 1 844, " there is a... | |
| David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 190 pages
...circumstances. Emerson's optimism is more thoroughgoing. He was not blind to the slow progress of mankind. " If any man consider the present aspects of what is...see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of a man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth,... | |
| David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 190 pages
...circumstances. Emerson's optimism is more thoroughgoing. He was not blind to the slow progress of mankind. " If any man consider the present aspects of what is...see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of a man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 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 called by 20 distinction society ', he will see the need of these ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to... | |
| 1898 - 1032 pages
...contentment of the times. ... If any man consider the present aspects of society he will see the need of ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn...and we are become timorous, desponding whimperers." He said all the American geniuses " lacked nerve and dagger." Again he wrote, "In all my lectures I... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 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...distinction society, he will see the need of these 20 ethics. The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers.... | |
| 1909 - 848 pages
...thought. "The sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out," declared the virile philosopher, "and we have become timorous, desponding whimperers. We are afraid...fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. We want men and women, who shall renovate life and our social state; but we see that most natures are... | |
| 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... | |
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