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" Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which... "
Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures - Page 89
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 315 pages
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: society & solitude. Letters & social aims ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 564 pages
...winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these — but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles...[They did not yet see, and thousands of young men as • - J hopeful now crowding to the barriers for the career, do , i not yet see, that, if the single...
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Select Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...in unison with these, but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles on which 20 business is managed inspire, and turn drudges, or...young men as hopeful now crowding to the barriers 2 for the career do not yet see, that if the single man plant himself indomi- 25 tably on his instincts,...
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Studies in New England Transcendentalism: By Harold Clarke Goddard...

Harold Clarke Goddard - 1908 - 240 pages
...instincts/' . " trust, jaat- intuitions." When Emerson, for instance, dedares in the American Scholar, " If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world wiH come round to him ** — why is not such a doctrine, it may be asked, the very height of lunacy,...
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Select Essays and Addresses: Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...these, but are hindered from action bv the disgust which the principles on which business is mank aged inspire, and turn drudges, or die of disgust, some...himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, 5 the huge world will come round to him. Patience, - — patience ; with the shades0 of all the good...
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The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation,

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...shined upon by all ao the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, — but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles...yet see, and thousands of young men as hopeful now 25 crowding to the barriers for the career, do not yet see, that, if the single man plant himself indomitably...
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Principles of Character Making

Arthur Holmes - 1913 - 352 pages
...it is not only folly but even more, it is suicide. In spite of the dictum of Emerson, that " If any single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts and there abide, the large world will come round to him," the fact is, that if any man will constantly and persistently...
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American Prose: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers ...

George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 pages
...winds, shined upon by all 1be stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, — but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles...crowding to the barriers for the career, do not yet see, that.^if the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world...
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Good Housekeeping, Volume 64

1916 - 972 pages
...determines whether the child shall become a good or a bad citizen of the community. Emerson says, " If a single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts and there abide, the large world will come round to him." I hope not to be accused of heresy if, for mothers and teachers,...
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The Kingdom of the Child

Alice Minnie Herts Heniger - 1918 - 216 pages
...greatest hope of character building through intelligent training of the instincts. Emerson says, "If a single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts and there abide, the large world will come round to him." I hope not to be accused of heresy if, for mothers and teachers...
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Essays and Poems of Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 584 pages
...winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in unison with these, — but are hindered from action by the disgust which the principles...the barriers for the career, do not yet see, that, |f the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, ,iand there abide, the huge world will...
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