 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...  The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation, - Page 50by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...with shame our own opinion from another. 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 foLbetterT" for worse, as his portion ; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 304 pages
...suicide ; that 18 he must take himself, for better, for worse, 14 as his portion ; that 18 though 16 the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but 16 through his toil bestowed" on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. 18 The power which... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 pages
...is suicide ; that18 he must take himself, for better, for worse,14 as his portion ; that18 though16 the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but16 through his toil bestowed17 on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.18 The power... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 pages
...universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but 16 through his toil bestowed 17 on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. 1s The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but 19 he knows what that is which he... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pages
...trees which are most richly laden with fruit, bend downward, and hang lowest. INDUSTRY. — Emerson. Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to a man, but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. INNOCENCE.... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1878 - 254 pages
...trees which are most richly laden with fruit, bend downward, and hang lowest. INDUSTRY. — Emerscm. Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to a man, but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till. INNOCENCE.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation...universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing com can come to him but througli his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to... | |
 | Young people - 1882 - 608 pages
...explore new continents of truth." Youth is the sowing time. The mind is every man's fair seed field; and, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to any man but through the toil and tillage bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to everyone... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; *? that imitation...ground which is given to * him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor 'does... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...with shame our own opinion from another. There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation...of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does... | |
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