 A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we...  An American Bible - Page 168edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts : they come hack to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 556 pages
...Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with goodhumoured inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. d to weed it, the prayer of the rower kneeling with...heard throughout nature though for cheap ends. Caratac Broader and deeper we must write our i more affecting lesson for us than this. annals, — from an... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 204 pages
...Bolts and bars are not the best of our institutions; nor is shrewdness in trade a mark of wisdom. 2. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a sort of alienated majesty. Rule 23.— The clauses of a compound sentence, if they contain commas within... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 198 pages
...Bolts and bars are not the best of our institutions; nor is shrewdness in trade a mark of wisdom. 2. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with d sort of alienated majesty. -—, ^ Rule 23.—The clauses of a compound sentence, if they contain... | |
 | 1885 - 736 pages
...Yet he dismisses without notice his thought because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." And this brings us to the consideration of Emerson's own mental processes, and to the doctrine so generally... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1886 - 204 pages
...Bolts and bars are not the best of our institutions; nor is shrewdness in trade a mark of wisdom. 2. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us ivith a sort of alienated majesty. Rule 23. — The clauses of a compound sentence, if they contain... | |
 | Lucy A. Chittenden - 1884 - 204 pages
...Bolts and bars are not the best of our institutions; nor is shrewdness in trade a mark of wisdom. 2. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a sort of alienated majesty. Rule 23.—The clauses of a compound sentence, if they contain commas within... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. // Else, to-morrow... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognise our own rejected thoughts : they come back to us with...teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humoured inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else, to-morrow,... | |
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