 Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue; no penalty to wisdom; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous action I properly am; in a virtuous act I add to the...  Mind - Page 1251898Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
..." Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | 1857 - 444 pages
...sprinkling with an unwearied providence certain penal blindnesses upon-such as have unbridled desires.' .... There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom ; they are the proper additions of being. In a virtuous action, I properly am ; in a virtuous act I add to the... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to^wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes arc considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to'wisdom ; they are proper additions of being. In a virtuous...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses all limits. It affirms... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...account. Neither can it be said, on the other hand, that the gain of rectitude must be bought by any loss. There is no penalty to virtue ; no penalty to wisdom...be no excess to love ; none to knowledge ; none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. The soul refuses limits, and always... | |
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