 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
 | 1915 - 464 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across the mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of geaius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 802 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. Xe* he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude "; "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty "; "These little words are called particles merely in reference to the diminutive space they occupy;... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - 1889 - 432 pages
...man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude"; "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty "; "These little words are called particles merely in reference to the diminutive space they occupy... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1891 - 180 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...thought because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." It is... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1892 - 192 pages
...their own minds, they had hesitated to seize and call their own. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with...majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this : they teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humoured inflexibility,... | |
 | Benn Pitman - 1892 - 202 pages
...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. Inevery work of genius we recognize our-own rejected thoughts; they come back' to-us with-a... | |
 | Frank Archer - 1892 - 246 pages
...illusiveness. " In. every work of genius," to quote once more the author of " Society and Solitude," " we recognize our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." The simplicity of a theme often gives it the appearance of being easy in execution. But the simplicity... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 168 pages
...January Fifth. 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. January Sixth. January Seventh. Every decent and well-spoken individual affects and sways me more than... | |
 | Lilian Bell - 1895 - 302 pages
...connectedly and to make him know just what she meant. He appreciated it keenly. "A great writer once said ' In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.' " Mag clasped her hands. " Oh, I know," she said, with gentle earnestness. "All the way through I felt... | |
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