 Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.  Essays: First series - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Laurie Rozakis - 2003 - 434 pages
...Emerson: "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." Note the difficult words (Whoso, nonconformist, hindered), long sentences, formal tone, and complex... | |
 | Edward Keller, Jonathan Berry - 2003 - 368 pages
...must be a nonconformist." "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what others think"), integrity ("Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind"), not being afraid of striking out on a different course ("A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of... | |
 | 156 pages
...originality, prompting Emerson to proclaim that "whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. . . . Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." There are those who consider self-reliance too subjective as the basis of authority, but as Emerson... | |
 | Stephen Young - 2003 - 248 pages
...should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within..." "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Society is a... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 pages
...customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore...yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. —SELF-RELIANCE Are you now or have you ever been a nonconformist? How difficult is it to be one?... | |
 | Viviane Serfaty - 2004 - 160 pages
...(...) Whoso would be a man. must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore...yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. (Emerson 1841)- 6 When contrasting conformity with self-reliance, Emerson insists on the persistence... | |
 | Ken Wells - 2007 - 328 pages
...walls: Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore...at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. We went into the brewery office, a glassed-off fishbowl with a halfdozen Dilbert-like cubicles holding... | |
 | Laurie Rozakis - 2004 - 388 pages
...Emerson: "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." * Vernacular. Here's some plain speaking from Mark Twain: "I do wonder what in the nation Words to... | |
 | Carl J. Richard - 2004 - 396 pages
...conspiracy against the manhood of its members. . . . Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. . . . Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Emerson seemed to present a paradox: He who would be a man must behave like a child. He ignored all... | |
 | Chas Clifton, Graham Harvey - 2004 - 410 pages
...the quarters," you may lose it. universal. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said in his essay "Self- Reliance," "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." Knowing ourselves, relying on ourselves, we develop inner reserves from which to draw when we or others... | |
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