 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
 | 1911 - 796 pages
...majesty. ... 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...dismisses without notice his thought because it is his. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this." This is one of the curious things in the... | |
 | 1911 - 540 pages
...sentence: "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." This inwardness, this attitude of listening for the accents of the soul, is of the East. "You are,"... | |
 | 1911 - 616 pages
...sentence: "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." This inwardness, this attitude of listening for the accents of the soul, is of the East. "You are,"... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which 15 flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of 20 art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression... | |
 | Stockton Axson, Kenyon Cox, Granville Stanley Hall, Oliver Samuel Tonks - 1913 - 158 pages
...deeper in on others than our learning and our cleverness. That is Emerson's thought, is it not? "A man dismisses without notice his thought, because it is...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." In a more objective way one might call the attention of pupils, especially boys, to Borglum's "Mares... | |
 | Harold Bruce Hunting - 1914 - 350 pages
...Emerson: "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." INFORMATION FOR TEACHERS. See preceding chapter for sections under this heading, and under "Additional... | |
 | John Walter Ross - 1915 - 288 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages yet he dismisses...majesty great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this — Emerson 10. Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...thought. A man should learn to detect 27 and watch that gleam ' of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament...thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we 5 recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great... | |
 | Alfred Hall - 1915 - 260 pages
...Emerson said : ' A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across the mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.'1 Could Jesus have looked into the future and seen the centuries of slow development which awaited... | |
 | Leland Todd Powers - 1916 - 172 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... | |
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