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" We solicitously and apologetically caress and celebrate him because he held on his way and scorned our disapprobation. The gods love him because men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, " the blessed Immortals are swift. "
So this Then is the Essay on Self-reliance - Page 31
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 46 pages
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Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, " the blessed Immortals are swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...Israelites, " Let not God speak to us, lest we die. Speak thoii, speak any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother,...
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The Permanent Elements of Religion: Eight Lectures Preached Before the ...

William Boyd Carpenter - 1889 - 494 pages
...world without them. Even those who most mightily decry them are possessed of them. Emerson said: " As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect." 1 There may be truth in this; doubtless our weak and blind prayers are often the expression of our...
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The Permanent Elements of Religion: Eight Lectures Preached Before the ...

William Boyd Carpenter - 1889 - 496 pages
...world without them. Even those who most mightily decry them are possessed of them. Emerson said : "As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect."1 There maybe truth in this; doubtless our weak and blind prayers are often the expression...
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The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster,1 " the blessed Immortals are swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple doors, and recites fables...
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Essays: First Series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, " the blessed Immortals are swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...They say with those foolish Israelites, " Let not God epeak to us, lest we die. Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am bereaved...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 334 pages
...men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, " the blessed Immortals are swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...They say with those foolish Israelites, "Let not God epeak to us, lest we die. Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am bereaved...
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Literary Interpretations, Or, A Guide to the Teaching and Reading of ...

1896 - 234 pages
...men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, " the blessed Immortals are swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables...
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Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...because men hated him. 'To the persevering mortal,' said Zoroaster, 'the blessed Immortals are swift.' As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...any man with us, and we will obey.' Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple doors, and recites fables...
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History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...rnpn'fi pi ,l_i,>N'l .III1'!! lli'il'ijSe of the Will, so are their creeds a disease of the intelle^L-. They say with those foolish Israelites, "Let not God...thou, speak any man with us, and we will •obey." pBverywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple doors and...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...men hated him. " To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, " the blessed Immortals are swift." As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple doors, and recites fables...
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