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
| Charles Nisbet, Don Lemon - 1892 - 328 pages
...suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion ; that, though the wide world is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can...toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given him to till." "The preacher assumes that judgment is not executed in this world ; that the wicked are... | |
| Charles Nisbet, Don Lemon - 1892 - 330 pages
...would read as an independent sentence. " There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation...for worse, as his portion ; that, though the wide world is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him hut through his toil bestowed on... | |
| Benn Pitman - 1892 - 202 pages
...imitation is' suicide ; that-he-musttake himself for.better for worse as-his portion ; that-though-the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to-him but-through his toil bestowed on-that plot of ground which-is given tohim to till. The power'... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 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... | |
| 1894 - 596 pages
..."self-reliance," culled the following gems: " There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation...plot of ground which is given to him to till." The new graduate in medicine, who has just rented and furnished his first office, and is sitting and waiting... | |
| 1895 - 344 pages
...FALLBACK own mind. AUPONST 30- There is a time in every man's education miu1T1oN wnen he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance ; that imitation...take himself for better, for worse, as his portion. 31. How sad is his plight who has no sacred self; who never falls back on a conviction, as a believer... | |
| Paul Carus - 1895 - 730 pages
...As Emerson tells us : " There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that imitation is suicide; that 'he must take himself...as his portion ; that though the wide universe is good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground... | |
| 1896 - 234 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... | |
| 1896 - 374 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... | |
| Jonathan Rigdon - 1896 - 280 pages
...Love can never lose its own. — Whittier. 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 or for worse, as his portion ; that, though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing... | |
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