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" Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. "
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 247
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870
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One Writer's Imagination: The Fiction of Eudora Welty

Suzanne Marrs - 2002 - 308 pages
...the heart,' said Jamie. 'I would never bother with it'" (RB, 27). He sounds like Emerson proclaiming, "Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world." His is a sort of Emersonian selfworship run amok. Indeed, Little Harp in The Robber Bridegroom, as...
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Skepticism, Individuality, and Freedom: The Reluctant Liberalism of Richard ...

2002 - 298 pages
...parade before our eyes as we read "Self-Reliance": "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist." "Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world." "Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance...
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Reading the Gospels in the Dark: Portrayals of Jesus in Film

Richard Walsh - 2003 - 226 pages
...realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.:< takes away the sin of the world (John 1 :29), its cross is also more revelatory than redemptive, because...
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Radical Dreaming: Use Your Dreams to Change Your Life

John D. Goldhammer - 2003 - 356 pages
...Without integrity, we fall apart, dis-integrate; we lose touch with our own center. As Emerson observed, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your...yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world." Emerson seems to be saying that the very universe itself supports integrity. And, in his book Integrity...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style

Laurie Rozakis - 2003 - 434 pages
...diction from philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." Note the difficult words (Whoso, nonconformist, hindered), long sentences, formal tone, and complex...
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The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs

Viviane Serfaty - 2004 - 160 pages
...realities and creators, but names and customs. (...) Whoso would be a man. must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. (Emerson 1841)- 6 When contrasting conformity with self-reliance, Emerson insists on the persistence...
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A Dream Too Wild: A Book of Meditations from the Writings of Ralph Waldo ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 396 pages
...realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. —SELF-RELIANCE Are you now or have you ever been a nonconformist? How difficult is it to be one?...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing

Laurie Rozakis - 2004 - 388 pages
...diction from philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness." * Vernacular. Here's some plain speaking from Mark Twain: "I do wonder what in the nation Words to...
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Compensation and Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. I remember an...
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Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing

Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...other people. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860 ~ Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by...yourself and you shall have the suffrage of the world. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ "Self-Reliance," Essays: First Series, 1841 A man must consider...
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