 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 - 1915 - 200 pages
...men hated him. "To the persevering mortal," said Zoroaster, "the blessed Immortals are swift." 5 As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their...Everywhere I am bereaved of meeting God in my brother, 10 because he has shut his own temple doors and recites fables merely of his brother's, or his brother's... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 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... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 pages
...men of, instead of ghosts and phantoms. AS men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their f.\ creeds a disease of the intellect. They say with those...•*» •*" foolish Israelites: "Let not God speak for us, lest we die. Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey." Everywhere I am bereaved... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...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...meeting God in my brother, because he has shut his own temple-doors, and recites fables merely of his brother's, or his brother's brother's God. Every new... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1922 - 314 pages
...Zoroaster,0 "the blessed Immortals are swift. " 38. As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are (heir creeds a disease of the intellect. They say with those...Israelites, "Let not God speak to us, lest we die. 6 Speak thou, speak any man with us, and we will obey." ° Everywhere I am hindered of meeting God... | |
 | University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 444 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... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 404 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... | |
 | Michael Joseph Keane - 1923 - 166 pages
...your lips, and push your affairs and you will not be safe to the end of your days." EMERSON. — " As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect." NEWTON. — " My principal method for defeating error is by establishing the truth. One purposes to... | |
 | University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 446 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... | |
 | 1924 - 1042 pages
...on his side. But this "God" of Mr. Emerson's is not one who is interested in prayers or creeds. "As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect." I should hate to put a weapon in the hands of Mr. Emerson's bewildered enemies, but it must be clear... | |
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