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" They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child. I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or [his; the only right is what is after... "
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 247
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870
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Montaigne: The Endless Study ; and Other Miscellanies

Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 578 pages
...On my saying, 'What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ?' my friend suggested, — ' But these impulses may...to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I * Essays, 1 Series, p. 259. will then live from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me, but that of...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 28

1850 - 524 pages
...with the sacredness of tradition, if I live wholly from within ? ' My friend suggested, ' But those impulses may be from below, not from above.' I replied,...to be such ; but, if I am the devil's child, I will use them from the devil." This reply was smart enough, and might not have been misunderstood by his...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 98

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856 - 594 pages
...present tense against all the rumours of wrath, past or to come.'— (Emerson on Spiritual Laws.) ' My friend suggested: " But these impulses may be from...but if I am the devil's child, I will live, then, for the devil; no law can be sacred to me but that of my nature: good and bad are but names, very readily...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 98

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1856 - 596 pages
...past or to come.' — (Emerson on Spiritual Laws.) ' My friend suggested: "But these impulses maybe from below, not from above." I replied, they do not...but if I am the devil's child, I will live, then, for the devil ; no law can be sacred to me but that of my nature : good and bad are but names, very...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...On my saying, What have I to do with the sacrediiess of traditions, if I live wholly from within ? my friend suggested, — " But these impulses may...the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. ^ Good and bad are but names very readily transferable...
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Philosophy as absolute science, founded in the universal laws of being, by E ...

Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature....and bad are but names very readily transferable to this or that : the only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong what is against it....
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Dark sayings on a harp; and other sermons

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 454 pages
...strength, we must harbour such disconsolate consciences." Again, he says : — " My friend suggested, tBut these impulses may be from below, not from above.'...They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devif* child, I will live then for the devil. No law can be sacred to me but that of my own nature.'...
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The pilgrim and the shrine; or, Passages from the life and correspondence of ...

Edward Maitland - 1868 - 312 pages
...Do you remember,' asked Mary, ' that sentence of Emerson, "If I am the devil's child, I will live as from the devil. No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature." I was shocked by it when I first read it; but it seems plain that nothing can act contrary to its nature,...
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The Pilgrim and the Shrine: Or, Passages from the Life and Correspondence of ...

Edward Maitland - 1871 - 488 pages
...yon remember,' asked Mary, ' that sentence of Emerson, " If I am the devil's child, I will live as from the devil. No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature." I was shocked by it when I first read it; but it seems plain that nothing can act contrary to its nature,...
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Star of Our Lord: Or, Christ Jesus, King of All Worlds, Both of Time Or ...

Francis William Upham - 1873 - 454 pages
...must not harbor such disconsolate consciences, borrowed, too, from the consciences of other nations. Good and bad are but names, very readily transferable to that or this. All the universe over there is but one thing ; this old two face creatorcreature, mind-matter, right-wrong,...
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