 So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can...  Complete Works - Page 230by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
 | 1882 - 598 pages
...utterance of those words of Emerson written in the Hall of Marlborough College : " So close is glory to our dust; • So near is God to man — When duty...low, ' thou must,' The youth replies ' I can.' " The influence of such a Master was felt not only in his own school, but in the schools throughout England.... | |
 | Theodore Thornton Munger - 1882 - 260 pages
...profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, I know them already. "So close is glory to our dust, So near is God to man; When duty whispers low, Thou most, The youth replies, I can." This inner voice, declaring for God and duty, is often hushed, often... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 434 pages
...all nations ; and how rare and lofty, how unattainable, are the aims it labors to set before men 1 We come to educate, come to isolate, to be abstractionists;...LETTERS. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OF WATEUVILLE COLLEGE, 1803. GENTLEMEN OF THE LITERARY SOCIETIES : — Some of you are to-day... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 478 pages
...Soul from which we live. THE MAN OF LETTERS. ON bravely through the sunshine and the showers, Tune hath his work to do, and we have ours. So nigh is...Thou must/ The youth replies, ' I can.' THE MAN OF LETTEES. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OF WATERVILLE COLLEGE, 1863. GENTLEMEN... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 488 pages
...LETTERS. OK bravely through the sunshine and the showers, Time hath his work to do, and we have oursSo nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man...must/ The youth replies, ' I can.' THE MAN OF LETTERS. AH ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES OF WATERVILLE COLLEGE, 1863. GENTLEMEN OF THE LITERARY... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 380 pages
...air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 pages
...air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, / can. GOOD-BYE, PROUD WORLD ! GOOD-BYE, proud world! I'm going home; Thou 'rt not my friend, and I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, lean. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 pages
...air benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to...When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, lean. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 400 pages
...OF LETTERS. ON bravely through the sunshine and the showers, Time hath his work to do, and we hare ours. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man ; "When Duty whispers low ' Thou must,9 The youth replies, 'lean.* THE MAN OF LETTEES. AM ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE LITERARY SOCIETIES... | |
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