Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which each can do best,... Select Essays and Poems - Page 58by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton?... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person lias exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare? Where ia the master who could... | |
| George Jacob Holyoake - 1863 - 254 pages
...yourself," says he, " never imitate. Your own gift you can present every mo* See Note E, page 172. ment, with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation...you have only an extemporaneous, half possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write sincerely. Take... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...', My giant goes with me wherever I go." " It was in his own mind that the artist sought his model." "That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him." ', Every great man is an unique." ', Nothing cau bring you peace but the triumph of principles." His... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also. SELF-RELIANCE. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton?... | |
| James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 300 pages
...themselves fitted, and taste and ' sentiment will bo satisfied also. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Shakespeare ? Where is the master that could have taught Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon,... | |
| Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...by embodying the text, do credit to the sermon. SELF-RELIANCE. INSIST on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 396 pages
...of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half-possession. That which each can do best, none hut his Maker can teach him. No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person has exhibited it. 2. Where is the master who could have taught 'Shakspeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed... | |
| 1867 - 656 pages
...preparation, as the highest and most successful style. f[KW EMXUSON gays, "Insist on yourself, never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment, with the...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write... | |
| 1867 - 650 pages
...highest and most successful style. f [RW EITEBSOJT says, " Insist on yourself, never imitate. Tour own gift you can present every moment, with the cumulative...talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half-possession. The way to speak and write what shall not go out of fashion, is to speak and write... | |
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