... complaining the rest of his life. A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont, who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in... Essays, First Series - Page 66by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Terry Roberts - 1998 - 147 pages
...newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls....already. He has not one chance but a hundred chances. (1979, p. 75) We might add to our profile of the successful 21st century individual that he or she... | |
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls....not one chance, but a hundred chances. Let a stoic arise who shall reveal the resources of man and tell men they are not leaning willows, but can and... | |
| Micki McGee - 2005 - 304 pages
...goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always, like a cat, falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls....already. He has not one chance, but a hundred chances. 28 Pursuit of self and the pursuit of a specific occupation are not equivalent. Emerson's endorsement... | |
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