 detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876Full view - About this book
 | John Walter Ross - 1917 - 304 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this —Emerson 9. Why should... | |
 | 1919 - 966 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1919 - 1002 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | John Walter Ross - 1920 - 304 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages yet he dismisses...rejected thoughts ; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty great works of art have no more affecting lesson than this —Emerson 9. Why should... | |
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 432 pages
...and spoke not what men, but what they thought. A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam 1 light which flashes across his mind from within, more...rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us... | |
 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher - 1922 - 530 pages
...father's spirit. Neale read them because they were marked. Some he understood, others he only felt. "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." "There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that... | |
 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher - 1922 - 522 pages
...father's spirit. Neale read them because they were marked. Some he understood, others he only felt. "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty." "There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that... | |
 | University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 430 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is 'First published in Essays: First Series, 1841. 69 his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected... | |
 | University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 pages
...detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses...it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no... | |
 | 1924 - 1042 pages
...dignity and fineness of man, and with a comprehensive generosity is inclusive in his statements: — In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. ... for all men have thoughts whereof the universe is the celebration. The great... | |
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