 Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine Providence has found for you ; the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so and confided themselves childlike, to the...  Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 114by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 236 pages
...themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...all their being. And we are now men, and must accept |l in the highest spirit the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1896 - 238 pages
...the place the Divine Providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their I, age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1896 - 344 pages
...vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place that divine Providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so. * * * Nothing is at lastsacred but the integrity of our own mind. — EMERSON. This above all, —... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 464 pages
...themselves childlike to the genius of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest spirit the same tran5 scendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 460 pages
...place the Divine Providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connexion of 30 events. Great men have always done so, and confided...of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 176 pages
...Every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine Providence has found for you. Great men have always done so and confided themselves...of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.'... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 180 pages
...Every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine Providence has found for you. Great men have always done so and confided themselves...of their age ; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.'... | |
 | Edwin Doak Mead - 1899 - 758 pages
...Providence assigned them. Sir, the words are yours which I quote. You have told your people that they are now men, and must accept, in the highest mind, the same destiny, — that they are not minors and invalids in a protected corner, but guides, redeemers, and... | |
 | Second Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1900 - 264 pages
...vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the Divine Providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events....of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.... | |
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