The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without knowing how or why ; in short, to draw a new circle. Nothing great was ever achieved... Essays, First Series - Page 294by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without...Cromwell, " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going." Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without...performance through the strength of ideas, as the works of genins and religion. "A man," said Oliver Cromwell, " never rises so high as when he knows not whither... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without knowing how or why; in short, to draw a newcircle. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. The way of life is wonderful; it is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without...Cromwell " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going." Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without...Cromwell " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going." Dreams and drunkenness, the use of \ opium and alcohol are the semblance and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surirised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without...Cromwell, "never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going." Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol, are the semblance and counterfeit... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory and to do something without...Cromwell " never rises so high as when he knows not whither he is going." Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol are the semblance and counterfeit... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm....strength of ideas, as the works of genius and religion. Olympian bard who sung Divine ideas below, Which always find us young, And always keep us so. XV. —... | |
| William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm....strength of ideas, as the works of genius and religion. Olympian bard who sung Divine ideas below, Which always find us young, And always keep us so. XV. —... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without...Cromwell, "never rises so- high as when he knows not whither he is going." Dreams and drunkenness, the use of opium and alcohol, are the semblance and counterfeit... | |
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