Reason from her inviolable seat pronounces on the passing men and events of to-day, — this he shall hear and promulgate. These being his functions, it becomes him to feel all confidence in himself, and to defer never to the popular cry. He and he only... Retrospect of Western Travel - Page 208by Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 386 pages
...time, which are the nettles and tangling vines in the way of the self -relying and self -directed ; and the state of virtual hostility in which he seems...that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack :of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe ab'... | |
| Horatio Bardwell Cushman - 1899 - 838 pages
...cavilings about the Indians proceed alone from profound ignorance and equal depravity of heart. Therefore, "let him not quit his belief that a pop-gun is a pop-gun, although the ancient and honorable of earth affirm it to be the crack ' of doom." , ,•: ' The closing... | |
| Frederick Albert Richardson - 1903 - 460 pages
...all confidence in himself, and to defer never to the popular cry. He and he only knows the world." " Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom." In patience, in sincerity with himself,... | |
| David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 450 pages
...immediate fame. In the long period of his preparation, he must betray often an ignorance and shiftlessness in popular arts, incurring the disdain of the able...that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 140 pages
...knows the world. The world of any moment is the merest appearance. Some great decorum, some fetich of a government, some ephemeral trade, or war, or...that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in se \ vere abstraction,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...question is not worth the poorest thought which the scholar has lost in listening to the controvers}r. Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and 168 honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe... | |
| Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 468 pages
...particular up or down. The odds are that the whole question is not worth the poorest thought Avhich the scholar has lost in listening to the controversy....that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction,... | |
| 1902 - 552 pages
...critic must stand by his right of individuality of thought and of action as did Emerson's scholar — "Let him not quit his belief that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom!" The American stage is but a battery of popguns,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 520 pages
...immediate fame. In the long period of his preparation he must betray often an ignorance and shiftlessness in popular arts, incurring the disdain of the able...that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 532 pages
...of history. Whatsoever oracles the human heart, in all emergencies, in all solemn hours, has'uttered as its commentary on the world of actions,— these...that a popgun is a popgun, though the ancient and honorable of the earth affirm it to be the crack of doom. In silence, in steadiness, in severe abstraction,... | |
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