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 31by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 46 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 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...intellect. They say with those foolish Israelites, c Let not God speak to us, lest we die. Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey.' Everywhere... | |
| Augustine Birrell - 1903 - 60 pages
...injury if it be anything more than a cheerful apologue or parable of my being and becoming .... As men's prayers are a disease of the will so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. (On Self-Reliance}. You cannot, I repeat, however dogmatically inclined, construct a theology out of... | |
| 1919 - 728 pages
...with the stroke of his oar, are true prayers heard throughout nature, though for cheap ends. ... As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect." Prayer in the form of petition for personal ends is presumptuous, impertinent, offensive. The ready... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 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,27 because he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables... | |
| L. Dhaleine - 1905 - 522 pages
...ajoute-t-il, est l'essence de cette foi, qui a pour objet simplei . As men's prayers are a discase of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. (Emerson. Self reliance.) i To exall particular forms, to adhere to one form a moment after it is (Hitgrown,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 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...creeds a disease of the intellect. They say with those 25 foolish Israelites, ' Let not God speak to us, lest we die. Speak thou, speak any man with us, and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster,0 "the blessed Immortals are swift. " 38. As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...Israelites, " Let not God speak to us, lest we die. 5 Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey."0 Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God in... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...men hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster,1 " the blessed Immortals are s 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 10 meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple doors, and recites fables... | |
| 1913 - 692 pages
...joy. Prayer that craves any particular commodity — anything less than all good, is vicious. . . . As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. — Emerson. Reverie By CHARLES ALBERT FUESSLE With purpling folds night shrouds the weary, toil-worn... | |
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