 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 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to~3etect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. VYet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize... | |
 | Macbeth Gallery - 1896 - 396 pages
...the fact that always as good, and frequently much better work, is to be had from American artists. "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...art, have no more affecting lesson for us than this. * * * Do not think the youth has no force because he cannot speak to you and me. Hark ! in the next... | |
 | George W. Rine - 1902 - 290 pages
...Men must have recreation: literature and art furnish that which is most pure, innocent, and refining. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a sort of alienated majesty. The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness. Study... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...they thought. 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...thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.1 Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 pages
...they thought. 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...every work of genius we recognize our own rejected Jioughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." Great works of art have no more... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...they thought. 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...thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.2 Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - 1905 - 138 pages
...thought. 2. 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...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. 3. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 70 pages
...they, thought. 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...sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, i because it is his. Q, Tn every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back... | |
 | 1905 - 330 pages
...COLTON. " 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." "The pure, the bright, the beautiful, That stirred our hearts in youth; The impulse of a wordless prayer,... | |
 | 1906 - 214 pages
...they thought. 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...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." It is strange that any one who has recognized the individuality of all works of lasting influence should... | |
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