 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 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 20 more his interest than it is theirs to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his 20 ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation...than it is theirs to find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes2 and falls off from him like a dead skin, and when they would triumph, lo! he has passed... | |
 | David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 190 pages
...and relative conjunctions. Take for example the following extract from the essay on Compensation : " The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants....find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes and falls from him like a dead skin, and when they would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable." I What... | |
 | David Lee Maulsby - 1911 - 190 pages
...and relative conjunctions. Take for example the following extract from the essay on Compensation : " The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants....find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes and falls from him like a dead skin, and when they would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable." ' What... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 196 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. Compensation. CHARACTER dulls the impression of V^/ particular events. When we see the conqueror, we... | |
 | 1912 - 668 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorances ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation...more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak spot." * * * IF a board of education asks a teacher to work for less than forty dollars a month or... | |
 | Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest - 1914 - 232 pages
...Co-operation between companies is both organized and unorganized. Emerson says: "The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is...would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable." The principle involved in this truism is the one to be adopted and adhered to whenever we come into... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; 10 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 his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
 | 1920 - 660 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. . . . Sentence Building in Speech and Writing Writing differs sharply from talk in the close conscious... | |
 | 1920 - 646 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 his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
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