 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works 20 P 65 of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous... | |
 | Henry Evarts Gordon - 1911 - 332 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... | |
 | Axel Petrus Johnson - 1911 - 344 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 tomorrow 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 - 1911 - 196 pages
...those facts through, and to make them known. Representative Men. 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 good-humoured inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 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...lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spon- 20 taneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most5 when the whole cry of voices... | |
 | 1911 - 180 pages
...conciseness will be, practically, promoted by the addition. WHATELT ORIGINALITY IS SINCERITY As Emerson says: "Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. ^hey_teach_iis Jo abide by^^ur spontaneous impressions with_good^mmpred ._jnflexibiljJ3z, is. __^___... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 400 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... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown, Nathaniel Waring Barnes - 1913 - 396 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...spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility familiarize himself with the ideas about his subject held by men of another generation or another social... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of 20 art have no more affecting lesson for us than this....inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices 1 From Essays, First Series, 1841; the second half of the essay has here been omitted. is on the other... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 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...us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of 20 art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression... | |
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