 Height, and that a man or a company of men, plastic and permeable to principles, by the law of nature must overpower and ride all cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets, who are not.  Essays - Page 61by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...of spirits. We fancy it rhetoric, when we speak of eminent virtue. We do not yet see that virtue li Height, and that a man or a company of men, plastic...not. This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly -each on this, as on every topic, the resolution of all into the ever-blessed ONE. Self-existence is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...of spirits. We fancy it rhetoric, when we speak of eminent virtue. We do not yet see that virtue is Height, and that a man or a company of men, plastic...not. This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly teach on this, as on every topic, the resolution of all into the ever-blessed ONE. Self-existence is... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...virtue of obedience to this law great men are great, and only so : " We do not yet see that virtue is height, and that a man or a company of men plastic...cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets, who are not." " A true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the centre of things. Where he is, there is... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...virtue of obedience to this law great men are great, and only so : " We do not yet see that virtue is height, and that a man or a company of men plastic...cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets, who are not." " A true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the centre of things. Where he is, there is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...of spirits. We fancy it rhetoric, when we speak of eminent virtue. We do not yet see that virtue is Height, and that a man or a company of men, plastic...as on every topic, the resolution of all into the ever blessed ONE. Self-existence is the attribute of the Supreme Cause, and it constitutes the measure... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...of spirits. We fancy it rhetoric, when we speak of eminent virtue. We do not yet see that virtue is Height, and that a man or a company of men, plastic...as on every topic, the resolution of all into the ever blessed ONE. Self-existence is the attribute of the Supreme Cause, and it constitutes the measure... | |
 | 1875 - 718 pages
...perceives the self-existence of truth and right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well. This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach on this as on every topic, the resolution of the all into the ever-blessed One. This being Emerson's most patient and strenuous effort to explain... | |
 | 1875 - 402 pages
...perceives the self-existence of truth and right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well. This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach on this as on every topic, the resolution of the all into the ever-blessed One. This being Emerson's most patient and strenuous effort to explain... | |
 | 1887 - 528 pages
...discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams." " This is the ultimate fact which we so quickly reach...the resolution of all into the ever-blessed One." " Let us stun and astonish the intruding rabble of men and books and institutions by a simple declaration... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...virtue of obedience to this law great men are great, and only so : " We do not yet see that virtue is height, and that a man or a company of men plastic and permeable to principles, by the law of nature mugt overpower and ride all cities, nations, kings, rich men, poets, who are not." " A true man belongs... | |
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