Why drag about this corpse of your memory lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then? Essays - Page 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder 1 Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then 1 It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...is not quite true. Their two is not the real two, their four not the real four ; so that every wosd they say chagrins us, and we know not where to begin...? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on y&ur memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but to bring the past for judgment into the... | |
| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? "Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. . . . With... | |
| 1858 - 424 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. With consistency... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1859 - 518 pages
...said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself?' His writings are, to me, like heaps of broken glass, beautiful in the individual crystal, sparkling,... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1860 - 528 pages
...head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat yon have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself?' His writings are, to me, like heaps of broken glass, beautiful in the individual crystal, sparkling,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place 1 Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then 1 It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. lu your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity : yet when the devout motions of the soul... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...disappoint them. But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this corpse of jour memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...in acts of pure memory, but to bring the past for jndgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. In your metaphysies you have denied... | |
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