 ... professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to' Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always, like a cat, falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He...  Essays - Page 69by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not ' studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his...not one chance, but a hundred chances. Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not ' studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his life, but lives already. He has not one chance, hut a hundred chances. Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man, and tell men they are... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not ' studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his...self-trust, new powers shall appear ; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to the nations, that he should be ashamed of our compassion,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not ' studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his...one chance, but a hundred chances. Let a Stoic open th^ resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach themselves... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - 1856 - 500 pages
...feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not studying a profession, for he does not postpone his life, but lives already. He has not one chance! Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows,... | |
 | 1859 - 188 pages
...feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not studying a profession, for he does not postpone his life, but lives already. He has not one chance ! Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man, and tell men they are not weeping willows,... | |
 | Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 354 pages
...— is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not studying a profession, for he does not postpone his...He has not one chance, but a hundred chances." Let the youthful readers think of the men who have risen up through toil and trial to bless the world,... | |
 | Readings - 1866 - 196 pages
...feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not studying a profession, for he does not postpone his life, but lives already. He has not one chance ! Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man, and tell men they are not weeping willows,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pages
...the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist. * * * * Let a stoic open the resources of man, and tell men...self-trust, new powers shall appear ; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to the nations ; that he should be ashamed of our compassion,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not ' studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his...self-trust, new powers shall appear ; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to the nations, that he should be ashamed of our compassion,... | |
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