 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 Seiten
...On my saying, ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ?' my friend suggested — ' But these impulses may be...are but names, very readily transferable to that or tiii - ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it. A man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 Seiten
...church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ? my friend suggested — " But these impulses may be...to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, 1 will live then from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are... | |
 | 1841 - 572 Seiten
...below," our author records his answer — the only one, indeed, which can be made with his premises — " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live then from the devil;" (pp. 41, 42.) and the answer is proof enough that the rule, alone, cannot be a safe one. It makes,... | |
 | 1841 - 568 Seiten
...below," our author records his answer — the only one, indeed, which can be made with his premises — " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, 1 will live then from the devil;" (pp. 41, 42.) and the answer is proof enough that the rule, alone,... | |
 | 1844 - 648 Seiten
...on my saying ' what have I to do with the sacredness of tradition?, if I live wholly from within,' my friend suggested, " But these impulses may be from...seem to me to be such, but if I am the devil's child, J will live then from the devil!' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are... | |
 | 1844 - 638 Seiten
...traditions, if I live wholly from within,' rny friend suggested, " Вut ihese impulses may be from ie.rou!, not from above ;' I replied : ' They do not seem to...child, I will live then from the devil !' No law can he sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 Seiten
...traditions, if I live wholly from within ? . . . . But these impulses may be from below, not from above They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live from the devil. No law is sacred to roe but the law of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily... | |
 | 1845 - 564 Seiten
...traditions, if I live wholly from within? .... But these impulses may be from below, not from above They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live from the devil. No law is sacred to me but the law of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 Seiten
...On my saying : " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within?" my friend suggested — " But these impulses may be...to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will lire then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 578 Seiten
...On my saying, 'What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ?' my friend suggested, — ' But these impulses may...to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I * Essays, 1 Series, p. 259. will then live from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me, but that of... | |
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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... 
