 Do that which is assigned thee and thou canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias, or trowel of the Egyptians, or the pen of Moses or Dante,...  A Boy's Control and Self-expression - Page 429by Eustace Miles - 1904 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | Orison Swett Marden - 1898 - 424 pages
...higher claims of duty, and let the fire creep up to the heart, — this is heroism. — FW ROBERTSON. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave...pen of Moses or Dante, but different from all these. — EMERSON. Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 462 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice, for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 pages
...study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave...possibly will the soul all rich, all eloquent, with thousand - cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if you can hear what these patriarchs say, surely... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...study of Shakespeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too 485 much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave...the pen of Moses or Dante, but different from all of these. Not possibly will the soul, all rich, all eloquent, \vith490 thousand-cloven tongue, deign... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 448 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice, for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 pages
...canst not hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment, there is for me an utterance bare and grand as that of the colossal chisel of Phidias,...thousand-cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if I can hear what these patriarchs say, surely I can reply to them in the same pitch of voice : for the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 pages
...study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. There is at this moment for you an utterance brave...possibly will the soul, all rich, all eloquent, with thousand - cloven tongue, deign to repeat itself; but if you can hear what these patriarchs say, surely... | |
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