 A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we...  Essays: First Series - Page 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1900 - 682 pages
...because there is no precedent for it." Here Emerson teaches us to use our own judgment when he says: "Great works of art have no more affecting lesson...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression." The worker must ever adapt his work to his material, especially when that material is human. The ideals... | |
 | Second Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 264 pages
...and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come...certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have for us no more affecting lesson than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back 41 to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works...the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely •what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 pages
...Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with goodhumoured inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1901 - 226 pages
...bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." It is strange that any one who has recognised the individuality of all works of lasting influence,... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain 20 alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this. They teach us to... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 pages
...and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come...the other side. Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 pages
...and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1902 - 408 pages
...and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come...affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide \>y our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility, then most when the whole cry of voices... | |
 | Macbeth Gallery - 1896 - 396 pages
...good, and frequently much better work, is to be had from American artists. "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come...art, have no more affecting lesson for us than this. * * * Do not think the youth has no force because he cannot speak to you and me. Hark ! in the next... | |
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