 There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine...  Works - Page 391by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | James Henry Potts - 1889 - 806 pages
...gracefully declares that manners are the happy ways of doing things; each at once a stroke of genins or of love — now repeated and hardened into usage....routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. I quote from the Dean of St. Patrick's : "As the best law is founded upon reason, so are the best manners.... | |
 | 1890 - 770 pages
...definition of manners as given by Emerson, who says, "Manners are the happy ways of doing things ; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened...routine of life is washed and its details adorned. A pleasing, affable behavior is an important factor in the education of every one, regardless of how... | |
 | 1891 - 508 pages
...thought entering the hands and feet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech and behavior ? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable ; men catch them from each other. Consuelo,... | |
 | 1891 - 432 pages
...thought entering the hands and feet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech and behavior ? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable ; men catch them from each other. Consuelo,... | |
 | 1891 - 826 pages
...of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways or doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love — now repeated and...are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. — Behavior. A DOO'B TESTIMONY. The intelligence of animals, and more... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 pages
...best way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways ol doing thing»; each once a stroke of genius or of love — now repeated...details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dew-diops which give such a depth to the morning meadows. Manners are very communicable; men catch... | |
 | John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler - 1891 - 494 pages
...thought entering the hands and feet, controlling the movements of the body, the speech -and behavior ? There is always a best way of doing everything, if...happy ways of doing things ; each, once a stroke of genins or of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 598 pages
...he respected. It was "the hand of Douglas" again, Here are a few good sayings about Behavior : — "There is always a best way of doing everything, if...of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage." Thus it is that Mr. Emerson speaks of Manners in his essay under the above title : — "The basis of... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 606 pages
...essay mentioned in the introduction to this volume. Here are a few good sayings about Behavior : — "There is always a best way of doing everything, if...of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage." Thus it is that Mr. Emerson speaks of Manners in his essay under the above title : — "The basis of... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 pages
...essay mentioned in the introduction to this volume. Here are a few good sayings about Behavior : — "There is always a best way of doing everything, if...of love, — now repeated and hardened into usage." Thus it is that Mr. Emerson speaks of Manners in his essay under the above title : — "The basis of... | |
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