... 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
| United States. Office of Education, Isaac Edwards Clarke - 1897 - 1208 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...already. He has not one chance, but a hundred chances." It seems to me that if Emerson could have looked forward at that time and have seen the manual training... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 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...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,... | |
| Frances W. Lewis - 1900 - 334 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...not one chance, but a hundred chances. Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man and tell men that they are not leaning willows, but can... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 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...selftrust, 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 - 1901 - 554 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 64 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...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... | |
| Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 508 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...selftrust, 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 - 1903 - 464 pages
...feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls.1 He walks abreast with his days and feels no shame in not 'studying a profession,' for he does not postpone...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 - 1903 - 478 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. tie has not one chance, but a hundred chances. / Let a Stoic open the resources of man and tell / men... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 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 the... | |
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