 There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation is suicide ; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel...  Everybody's Writing-desk Book - Page 115by Charles Nisbet, Don Lemon - 1892 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 2006 - 364 pages
...five reasons that the author gives for going to live in the woods. There is a time in every man' s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy...take himself for better, for worse, as his portion. . . Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. Who so would be a man must be a nonconformist.... | |
 | 2007 - 220 pages
...Suppose he were writing today. Would the above be fair and accurate? Why or why not? Self-Reliance "There is a time in every man's education when he...better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil on that... | |
 | Karen Kelly - 2007 - 238 pages
..."Self-Reliance" best describes Emerson's view of the individual and his ability to act. (Italics are mine.) There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
 | Al Smith - 2007 - 464 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
 | Al Smith - 2007 - 464 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
 | Erin Gruwell - 2007 - 808 pages
...OSCAR WILDE The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work. — MICHAEL JACKSON There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
 | Tom Walsh - 2007 - 200 pages
...thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
 | William L. Haeberle - 2007 - 714 pages
...raises its eyebrows, so what? You may find defying cultural norms surprisingly invigorating. There comes a time in every man's education when he arrives at...better for worse as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed... | |
 | G. W. Kimura - 2007 - 188 pages
...means a refusal to be satisfied with the answers that others have handed over to us as authoritative: There is a time in every man's education when he arrives...imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better or worse as his portion; that the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come... | |
 | Jean-Marie Dru - 2007 - 276 pages
...always remembered the text by Ralph Waldo Emerson used in the voice-over for Reebok's advertising: "There is a time in every man's education when he...imitation is suicide, that he must take himself for better or worse . . . Insist on yourself. Never imitate." At the time, Chiat/Day had a reputation for being... | |
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