 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
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1858 - 702 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...genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they conic back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1860 - 202 pages
...see it not. 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. There is a poor blind man who every day, In summer sunshine, or in winter's rain, Daily as tolls the... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 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 of bards and sages." "Kingdom and lordship, power and estate, are a gaudier vocabulary than private John and Edward in a... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1870 - 416 pages
...the fact "—John Stuart Mill. A pause is used at a period, to mark the completion of sense; as, " In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. . . . "— Emerson. A long pause—several times the usual length of that at a period—is required... | |
 | Alfred Barron - 1875 - 352 pages
...well says, "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...it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." * IV. ALWAYS have a particular... | |
 | Alfred Barron - 1875 - 336 pages
...well says, "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...it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." IV. ALWAYS have a particular... | |
 | Alfred Barron - 1875 - 344 pages
...he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." IV. ALWAYS have a particular experience when I reach a certain point on the road to New Haven. I have... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...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 - 1876 - 300 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...we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come hack to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 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...notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genins we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.... | |
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