...things of the gods. Only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle fpirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt fpur, or the laying of a fword upon his ftioulder, to ftir him up, both by his counfel and his arm,...

...be an active quest : Only this my mind gave me that every free and gentle spirit without that oath ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the...laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel, and his arm to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity. Different...

...true chastity, is internal and natural—and, in being so, is Heaven-sent; this is why he declared " 'that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath...his arm, to secure and protect' attempted innocence" (Early Lectures, t, 155). The rest of Emerson's lecture revises the later two-thirds of the De Doctrina...

...things of the gods. Only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the...laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity. So that...

...descents of mind." For his mind, he tells us, "gave him that every free and gentle spirit, without oath of chastity, ought to be born a knight ; nor...up by his counsel and his arm to secure and protect " the chastity of any wife or maid. It is the same spirit that shines in these sentences and in the...

...things of the gods. Only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the...laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arms, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity. So...