Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page xxvby Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 pages
...greatest number. RW EMERSON. — Society and Solitude. CONFORMITY AND CONSISTENCY WHOSO would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal...name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall... | |
| William MacLeod Raine - 1913 - 350 pages
...alone did not lend sanctity to the ghosts of dead yesterdays that rule to-day. "Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist. "He who would gather immortal...name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." — EMERSON. CHAPTER III Conversing... | |
| Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) - 1914 - 298 pages
...identical in gist with Emerson's unqualified declaration of moral independence: "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal...name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. No law can be sacred to me but that of... | |
| William MacLeod Raine - 1913 - 348 pages
...to the ghosts of dead yesterdays that rule to-day. "Whoso would be a man must be a Bon-conformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but mast explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." —... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered 25 by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity... | |
| Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) - 1914 - 426 pages
...identical in gist with Emerson's unqualified declaration of moral independence: "Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal...name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. No law can be sacred to me but that of... | |
| Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 568 pages
...is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal...name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall... | |
| Cyris Franklin Leavitt - 1914 - 390 pages
...life? I believe it is. So I welcome it, heeding only to make sure of its place and accompaniments. "He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." "It is only as a man puts off all foreign support and stands alone that I see him to be strong and... | |
| Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal...name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal...by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be good- 10 ness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself,... | |
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