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" It is easy' in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. "
The Message of Man: A Book of Ethical Scriptures Gathered from Many Sources ... - Page 131
1895 - 323 pages
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The Journal of speculative philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris ..., Volume 13

1879 - 460 pages
...characteristic may be its singularity. We seem almost to hear the echo of words like unto these of Emerson : " It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps, with perfect sweetness, the...
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The Contributor: Representing the Young Men's and Young Ladies ..., Volume 5

1884 - 506 pages
...il, so the way is made open to one who rushes zealously toward some object lying beyond the crowd. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. your own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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A Shorter Course in English Grammar and Composition

William Harvey Wells - 1880 - 208 pages
...7. " No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting." — Lady MW Montague. 8. "The great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd,...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." — Emerson. Point out the nouns in the foregoing sentences. Which are proper ? Which common ? Which...
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Beeton's Complete orator, including the art of public speaking, and British ...

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1881 - 336 pages
...used on the positive or absolute member, and the rising, on the negative or relative. Example — " It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps the independence of solitude."...
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American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880

John Nichol - 1882 - 528 pages
...select a few characteristic examples. " Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds." " The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd...perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude." "We grant that human life is mean, but how did we find out that it was mean ?" " What is the universal...
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Emerson's Complete Works: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 pages
...It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. - x The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your force....
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Complete Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Emerson's Complete Works: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than * you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great_man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. s they can manufacture. And to make these advantages avail, the river Thames must dig its spacio our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence...
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