 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
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...namely, to turn the mind inward " 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." Really, Emerson is not engaged in presenting abstract truth, hut in clothing truth in flesh and blood.... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) - 1896 - 390 pages
...point. 1. "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." 2. " What pretty oracles nature yields us on this text in the face and behavior of children, babes,... | |
 | 1900 - 436 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 without notice his thought, because it is his." But this truth that is to come will not be imparted because of physical penance, or a surfeit of material... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...thought. A man should learn to 46 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. Great works... | |
 | Horatio Willis Dresser - 1899 - 288 pages
...self-reliance, says : " A man should learn to detect and watch the 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. . . . The power which resides in him is new in nature ; and none 142 but he knows what that is which... | |
 | Victor Charbonnel - 1899 - 386 pages
...says Emerson, " 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." But, so soon as this gleam of light is detected and watched, we 31 The Victory of the Will should project... | |
 | Second Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 264 pages
...judgment. . . . 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...certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have for us no more affecting lesson than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1901 - 226 pages
...they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across hia 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 recognised the individuality of all works of lasting influence,... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of i", light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain 20 alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this. They teach us to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 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. Great... | |
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