So much only of life as I know by experience, so much of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in... The United States Democratic Review - Página 3271838Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 páginas
...want, are instruetors in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of aetion past by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intelleet moulds her splendid produets. A strange process too, this by which expericnce is converted... | |
| 1883 - 666 páginas
...speaks much of knowing life from practical experience, and intimate contact with persons and things. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors iu eloquence and wisdom. " Tho' losses and crosses are lessons right severe, Ther'e wit there, yeil... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 410 páginas
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for tho sake of -his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can' partake....true scholar grudges •every opportunity of action passed by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect '• 'moulds her splendid... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 398 páginas
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1884 - 588 páginas
...it is essential. Without it he is not yet man. Without it thought can never ripen into truth. . . . The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action...the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process, too, this by which experience is converted into thought,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 páginas
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this by which experience is converted into THE AMERICAN... | |
| Edward Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 286 páginas
...surface appearances. Journal. " I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by as a loss of power." His Concord life... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 páginas
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. Drud ^_ calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in 'eloquence an wisdom. The true scholar grudges... | |
| Edward Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 286 páginas
...surface appearances. Journal. " I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by as a loss of power." His Concord life... | |
| Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia - 1889 - 298 páginas
...work of the Normal classes. Emerson says: "The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect molds her splendid products. A strange process, too, this by which experience is converted into thought... | |
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