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" 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 107
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pages
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Dreams Come Due: Government and Economics as If Freedom Mattered

John Galt - 1986 - 330 pages
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Karma: Rhythmic Return to Harmony

Virginia Hanson, Rosemarie Stewart, Shirley J. Nicholson - 1975 - 326 pages
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Self-Reliance: The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living

Richard Whelan - 1991 - 212 pages
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Arabula: The Divine Guest

Andrew J Davis - 1996 - 412 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...
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Like a Garden: A Biblical Spirituality of Growth

Sara Covin Juengst - 1996 - 120 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.2 Paul is saying something more in his letter to the Corinthians: that it is not just facts and...
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An Approach to Thoreau's Walden: The Thoreau Secondary Bibliography ...

Kenneth Walter Cameron - 1997 - 534 pages
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Forbes Book of Business Quotations: 14,266 Thoughts on the Business of Life

Ted Goodman - 1997 - 1008 pages
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Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement

Napoleon Hill - 1997 - 260 pages
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Emerson's Achievement in the Essays of 1841

Kenneth Walter Cameron - 1998 - 274 pages
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The Elements of Rhetoric (1878)

James De Mille - 2000 - 598 pages
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