 They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after...  Essays - Page 42by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1898 - 462 pages
...can be sacred to me but that of iny nature. Good ann. bad are but munt» very readily trausferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against if. 415 tweeledig op : als zijn en als zóó-zijn. Dus is kwaad óf tegennatuurlijk of niet-zóo-zijn... | |
 | Samuel James Andrews - 1898 - 396 pages
...our own mind. What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions if I live wholly from within? ... No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. ... If I am the devil's child, I will then live from the devil. ... I shun father and mother, and wife... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...below, not from above.' I replied, 'They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil.' No law can be sacred...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
 | Horatio Willis Dresser - 1899 - 288 pages
...fellow-men. The straight and narrow line of development may be followed by all who obey Emerson's rule, "The only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong is what is against it." That is, every time the social demands are too great, and you cannot meet them... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...below, not from above." I replied, "They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred...readily transferable to that or this; the only right i/is what is after my constitution; the only " "/ l}wronS what is against it. A man is to carry himself... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pages
...your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. No law can 120 be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad...is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong is what is against it. A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every- 125... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 470 pages
...from above." I i. replied : " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but him. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 pages
...below, not from above." I replied, " They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child, I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred...constitution ; the only wrong what is against it. A man is to-carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every thing were titular and ephemeral but... | |
 | Horatio Willis Dresser - 1903 - 468 pages
...retrospect, and, I cannot doubt, it will be found symmetrical, though I mean it not and see it not. . . . Good and bad are but names very readily transferable...my constitution, the only wrong what is against it. ... We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature,... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1904 - 336 pages
...and knows that his will is higher and more excellent than all actual and all possible antagonists." "A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he." "Great works of art," he again saySj "teach us to abide... | |
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