 A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ;...  Essays - Page 107by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1192 pages
...sorely shot a!. awakens the indignation which arms itself with secret forces.... The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than theirs to Hnd his weak poiut. The wound cicatrizes and falls off from him, like a dead skin, and when... | |
 | 1866 - 882 pages
...chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits; he has gained facts; he learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more to his interest than it is theirs to... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1867 - 422 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation...and falls off from him like a dead skin, and when he would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation...off from him like a dead skin, and when they would trinmph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation...off from him like a dead skin, and when they would trinmph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 618 pages
...ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is...would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable." — RW EMERSON. § 76. EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTITHESIS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF LITERATURE. There is scarcely... | |
 | Isaac Newton Carleton - 1878 - 140 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more to his interest than it is theirs to... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit, has pot moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is...would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable/ Usually elegant, often poetical by an imaginative sympathy with Nature, as in this passage: •I sec... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; ot now. For I did not bring home the river and sky...Fresh pearls to their enamel gave ; And the bellowi tails off from him like a dead skin, and when they would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation...than it is theirs to find his weak point. The wound cicaVOL. n. 8 trizes and falls off from him like a dead skin and when they would triumph, lo! he has... | |
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