 Is it not the chief disgrace in the world, not to be an unit ; — not to be reckoned one character ; — not to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundred^, or the thousand, of the party,...  Nature: Addresses, and Lectures - Page 96by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Huneker - 1921 - 296 pages
...was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundreds of thousands, of the party, of the section to which we belong, and our opinion predicted geographically as the North or the South?" These words were not uttered by a Socialist; they emanated from the crystal-clear intellect of our... | |
 | James Huneker - 1921 - 294 pages
...the world not to be a unit; to be reckoned one character; not to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundreds of thousands, of the party, of the section to which we belong, and our opinion predicted geographically... | |
 | Alban Bertram De Mille - 1923 - 552 pages
...culture. "We have listened too Henry long/' he said, "to the courtly muse of Wadsworth Europe .... we will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak out our own minds." But another poet saw the changeless beauty inherent, for the minds that could receive... | |
 | Jesse Lee Bennett - 1925 - 374 pages
...be an unit ; — not to be reckoned one character ; — not to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear ; but to be reckoned in the...on our own feet ; we will work with our own hands; weiwill speak our own minds. ... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes... | |
 | 1925 - 666 pages
...world, not to be a unit, not to be reckoned one character, not to yield the peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the...gross, in the hundred, or the thousand of the party, and our opinion predicated geographically as the north or the south?"66 Moreover, the scholar must... | |
 | James Huneker - 1925 - 398 pages
...the world not to be a unit; to be reckoned one character; not to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the gross, in the hundred of thousands, of the party, of the section to which we belong, and our opinion predicted geographically... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 pages
...we belong; and our opinion predicted ographically, as the north, or the south? Not so, brothers id friends — please God, ours shall not be so. We will...on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - 1927 - 1288 pages
...be an unit; — not to be reckoned one charso acter; — not to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the...belong; and our opinion predicted geographically, bility then most when the whole cry as the north, or the south? Not so, of voices is on the other side.... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1908 - 1006 pages
...matters certainly, we do well to follow Emerson, who, when addressing his fellow citizens, declared: 'We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands, and we will speak our own minds.' Still, the example of Germany and the detailed information which... | |
 | 1911 - 706 pages
...not to be a unit — not to be reckoned one character — mot to yield that peculiar fruit which each man was created to bear, but to be reckoned in the...thousand, of the party, the section, to which we belong? . . . We will walk on our own feet; we will speak our own minds. ... A nation of men will for the first... | |
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