...pretension." ' ' Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind. ' ' ' ' We will walk on our own feet ; we will work with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds. ' ' "But speak the truth, and all nature and all spirits help you with unexpected furtherance. ' '...

...to him." Each man must be a unit, — must yield that peculiar fruit which he was created to bear. "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds. ... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine...

...put courage into ten thousand hearts. "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string." " We will walk on our own feet ; we will work with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds." " If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts and there abide, the huge world will...

...The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of...work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The stud/ of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The...

...particular fruit, which each man was created to bear ; but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundred, or thousand, of the party, the section, to which we belong;...with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 13. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before...

...mountain winds, shined upon by all the stars of God, find the earth below not in union with these. . . . We will walk on our own feet : we will work with our own hands : we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall no longer be a name for pity, for doubt and for sensual indulgence. A nation...

...predicted geographically, as the north or the south ? Not so, brothers and friends, — please God, our» shall not be so: we will walk on our own feet; we...work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall no longer be a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. '1...

...seriously 1837. and with dignity that they must no longer listen to "the courtly muses of Europe." "We will walk on our own feet ; we will work with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds," said Emerson. These last words were the keynote of his message to the world. Whoever listens may hear...

...convictions of right and duty, as Emerson would have him be. For was it not Emerson who exclaimed: "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds"? Taking a hint from the whimsies of my archaic philosopher, Mr. Chairman, I shall begin by a repudiation...

...but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundred, or the thousand, of the party, the section, to 10 which we belong ; and our opinion predicted geographically,...with our own hands ; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall 5 be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The...