 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 - 1905 - 70 pages
...you, and all men, and all events. You are constrained to accept his standard. Q Ordinarily every body in society reminds us of somewhat else or of some...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 - 1907 - 270 pages
...Where he is, there is nature. He measures you and all men and all events. Ordinarily, 20 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, 25 and an age ; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...constrained to accept his standard. Ordinarily everybody in society reminds us of somewhat else or some other person. Character, reality, reminds you...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,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...constrained to accept his standard. Ordinarily everybody in society reminds us of somewhat else or some other person. Character, reality, reminds you...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,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...reminds us of somewhat else or some other person. Character, reality, reminds you of nothing el>e. It takes place of the whole creation. The man must...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 - 1908 - 324 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 - 1909 - 508 pages
...you and all men and all events. You are constrained to accept his standard. Ordinarily, every body in society reminds us of somewhat else, or of some...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,... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...you and all men and all events. You are constrained to accept his standard. Ordinarily, every body in society reminds us of somewhat else, or of some...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 - 1912 - 314 pages
...every body in society reminds us of somewhat else, or of some other person. Character, reality, 15 reminds you of nothing else; it takes place of the...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 - 1911 - 148 pages
...works ; that a true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the center of things. Where he is, 20 there is nature. He measures you, and all men, and...Philadelphia, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He is called the " Father of the Revolution." 2 A journal or account of daily transactions.... | |
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