 The man must be so much that he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design; and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train...  The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 55by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...else, or of some other person. Character, reality, reminds you of nothing else ; it takes place of v the whole creation. The man must be so much, that he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | 1872 - 556 pages
...is nature. He measures you, and all men, and all events. You are constrained to accept his standard. Ordinarily, everybody in society reminds us of somewhat...much that he must make all circumstances indifferent, — put all means into the shade. This all great men are, and do. Every true man is a cause, a country,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...working wherever a man works ; that a true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the centre of things. Where he is, there is nature. He measures...he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...working wherever a man works ; that a true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the centre of things. Where he is, there is nature. He measures...he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...working wherever a man works ; that a true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the centre of things. Where he is, there is nature. He measures...he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...things. Where he is, there is nature. He measures you and all men and all events. Ordinarily, every body in society reminds us of somewhat else, or of some...he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...society reminds us of somewhat else, or of some other person. Character, reality, reminds you of uothing else ; it takes place of the whole creation. The man...he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...other person. Character, reality, reminds you of nothing else ; it takes place of the whole creatioa The man must be so much, that he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...man belongs to no other time or place, but is the centre of things. Where he is, there is nature. HJ measures you, and all men, and all events. Ordinarily,...he must make all circumstances indifferent. Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to... | |
 | Alfred Janes - 1882 - 72 pages
...is nature. He measures you, and all men, and all events. You are constrained to accept his standard. Ordinarily, everybody in society reminds us of somewhat...much that he must make all circumstances indifferent — put all means into the shade. This, all great men are, and do. Every true man is a cause, a country,... | |
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