 There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...  An American Bible - Page 168edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1905 - 778 pages
...if she had carried on the traditions of Christ's teachi»g, can hardly be imagined.—New Century. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is... | |
 | David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 172 pages
...education and previous habit. Emerson has said : "He must take himself for better for worse as his portion, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."1 The economic value of intellectual habits becomes apparent when it is understood... | |
 | David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 170 pages
...and previous habit. Emerson has said : " He must take himself for better for worse as his portion, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."1 The economic value of intellectual habits becomes apparent when it is understood... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that 10 imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion ; that though... | |
 | Katherine Jewell Everts - 1908 - 242 pages
...you to analyze in the 101 same way, but with your voice in your study — not with a pencil on paper. "There is a time in every man's education when he...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction V SELF-RELIANCE r that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is... | |
 | Frank Morton McMurry - 1909 - 344 pages
...person, and envy takes possession of him. But "there is a time in every man's education," says Emerson, "when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance;...but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground (himself) which is given to him to till. " 2 And this conviction must not be accompanied with self-reproach.... | |
 | 1909 - 838 pages
...among them. One must come sooner or later to Emerson's conviction touching alien days and places, " that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide;...better, for worse, as his portion; that though the universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
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