 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 247by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...On my saying, 5 What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested, — "But these impulses may be...the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of ic my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...church. 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...They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong what is against it. A man is to carry himself... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...church. 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...replied, " They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am 35 the devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.... | |
 | Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) - 1921 - 492 pages
...Even'into the field of ethics Montaigne and Emerson carried their scepticism and their individualism. ' ' Good and bad are but names very readily transferable...to that or this; the only right is what is after my own constitution; the only wrong, what is against it, ' ' M wrote Emerson, echoing Montaigne 's sentiment... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...church. 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 be..."They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the 20 devil's child, I will live then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 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 be from...the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." <I No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature s* <I Good and bad are but names very readily transferable... | |
 | Ulysses Grant King - 1921 - 302 pages
...if I live wholly from within?' my friend suggested, — 'But these impulses may be from below, and not from above.' I replied, 'They do not seem to me...sacred to me, but that of my nature. Good and bad are names very readily transferable to that or this, — the only right is what is after my constitution;... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1922 - 314 pages
...church. 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 be...replied, " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if 1 »" the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my... | |
 | University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 pages
...church. 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 be from...Devil." (No law can be sacred to me but that of my naturej Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what... | |
 | 1924 - 1042 pages
...that this unconscious may be full of evil instead of good; Mr. Emerson has already replied to them: "If I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." But the youth of Kansas are not bothered by that possibility ; they find no difficulty in believing... | |
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