 ... to lay down his life for the sake of a truth, or in the cause of his country, or to save his son or his friend. And under the action of this sentiment of the Right, his heart and mind expand above himself, and above Nature. Though Love repine, and...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 96by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 461 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Waldo Browne - 1894 - 92 pages
...comes to man : " Though love repine and reason chafe, There comes a voice without reply,— ' 'Tis man's perdition to be safe. When for the truth he ought to die.'" Those were sacred days. Within sight of where we stand the lover hastened to say the marriage vows... | |
 | Samuel Gregory - 1894 - 360 pages
...cost them. A poet has said words that you may learn, and keep until you understand them : — '"Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die. " Jesus gave Himself for us, and we ought to give ourselves — to sacrifice our time and our pleasure... | |
 | 1894 - 444 pages
...natural affection. Then follows one of those Emersonian quatrains, startling as an electric flash, Though love repine and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, " 'Tis mmi's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die." It is doubtful if, outside of... | |
 | National Municipal League - 1894 - 406 pages
...dream of a fair city and a better life, I say to you tonight, Arise and follow your dream ! For ' ' Though love repine and reason chafe. There came a voice without reply ; ' Tis man 's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die. " THE CONDITION OF MUNICIPAL... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 352 pages
...through snow, Where way is none, 'twill creep and wind And eat through Alps its home to find. SACRIFICE. THOUGH love repine, and reason chafe, There came a...is man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth ho ought to die.' PERICLES. WELL and wisely said the Greek, Be tlum faithful, but not fond ; To the... | |
 | General Conference of the Congregational Churches in Maine - 1895 - 874 pages
...and give my life." And "Tho' love repine and reason chafe. There comes a voice without reply, 'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die." And Christ said : " Whosoever shall cause one of these little ones to stumble it were better for him... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford - 1895 - 44 pages
...sublime lessons of endurance and self-denial. They illustrated the lines of the oriental poet: — "Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply — " Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die." We are apt to boast of our... | |
 | William James Potter - 1895 - 474 pages
...physical life in order to keep untarnished his moral integrity, his honor, his convictions of truth. " Though Love repine, and Reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, — 'Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die." Emerson. Now, whence has... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1896 - 284 pages
...the monstrous hill, The city sparkles like a grain of salt. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE SAFEST WAY. HHHOUGH love repine and reason chafe, -»- There came a voice...perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die. EVENING PRAYER. ERE on my bed my limbs I lay, It hath not been my use to pray With folded hands or... | |
 | 1896 - 418 pages
...our fatherland, we, too, would dare everything. " Though Love repine and Reason chafe, There comes a voice without reply : 'T is man's perdition to be safe, When for the Truth he ought to die." Happily, in our peaceful land, the call for such supreme devotion rarely comes. Whenever it has come,... | |
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