THERE IS A TIME in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of... Psychology Applied to Medicine: Introductory Studies - Page 23by David Washburn Wells - 1907 - 141 pagesFull view - About this book
| William James - 1988 - 1410 pages
...that imitation is suicide; when he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; and know that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which it was given him to till." The matchless eloquence with which Emerson proclaimed the sovereignty of... | |
| Craig Hickman, Craig Bott, Marlon Berrett, Brad Angus - 1996 - 240 pages
...suicide; the he [she] must take himself [herself] for better, for worse, as his [her] portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him [her] but through his [her] toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him [her] to till.... | |
| Anita Haya Patterson - 1997 - 268 pages
...conviction that envy is ignorance: that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion: that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till" (Essays, 259). The model of self-possessed individuality that results from Emerson's description... | |
| William James - 2000 - 404 pages
...that imitation is suicide; when he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; and know that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which it was given him to till."11 The matchless eloquence with which Emerson proclaimed the sovereignty... | |
| John R. Shook, Paulo Ghiraldelli - 2005 - 204 pages
...ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on the plot of ground which is given him to till." ("Self-Reliance" in Emerson 1985, 176) But this time... | |
| Hal Zina Bennett, Susan Sparrow - 2004 - 240 pages
...for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel or nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which... | |
| Russell B. Goodman - 2005 - 398 pages
...that imitation is suicide; when he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; and know that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which it was given him to till." The matchless eloquence with which Emerson proclaimed the sovereignty of... | |
| Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature and none but he knows what he can do,... | |
| G. W. Kimura - 2007 - 188 pages
...ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; that the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. The power that resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which... | |
| 188 pages
...Gorky. Work <W For better or worse, each man must take himself as his portion. Though the wide world is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can...his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is his to till. - RW Emerson. «* Work is what we have to do; play is what we like to do. - Hans Selye.... | |
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