 ... 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 - 1883 - 648 pages
...is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not ' thatwith the exercise of self-trust, new powers shall appear; that a man is the word made flesh, born... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 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...must detach themselves ; that with the exercise of self - trust, new powers shall appear ; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to... | |
 | Concord School of Philosophy - 1884 - 488 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 it already." That is poignantly said ; and yet few of the Americans whom we recognize as great have... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1885 - 684 pages
...feet." This man, says Emerson further, "walks abreast of his days, and feels no shame in not ' stndying a profession ; ' for he does not postpone his life, but lives already." Following the advice of Franklin, who was one of Brown's oracles, he married young, as we have seen,... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1887 - 284 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." That is stirringly said: but, as a matter of fact, most of the Americans whom we recognize as great... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 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,... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - 1891 - 688 pages
...his feet." This man, says Emerson further, "walks abreast of his days, and feels no shame in not ' studying a profession ; ' for he does not postpone his life, but lives already." Following the advice of Franklin, who was one of Brown's oracles, he married young, as we have seen,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 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 a Stoic2 open the resources of man, and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and must detach... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 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... | |
 | 1896 - 234 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...must detach themselves ; that with the exercise of self -trust, new powers shall appear ; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to the... | |
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