 Caesar is born, and for ages after we have a Roman Empire. Christ is born, and millions of minds so grow and cleave to his genius that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as Monachism,...  Essays: First Series - Seite 53von Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 333 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 Seiten
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. 18. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 Seiten
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...persons. Let a man, then, know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | 1845 - 636 Seiten
...American writer has finely said on the subject : " An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther ; Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism of Wesley ; Abolition of Clarkson." This lecture will teach, not so much what is unlearned, as that which, having been learned, is partially... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 Seiten
...confounded with virtue and the possible of roan. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 Seiten
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 Seiten
...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther ; Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 Seiten
...An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther; Quakerism of FOXJ Methodism of Wesley ; Abolition of Clarkson. Scipio,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 Seiten
...and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 Seiten
...and cleave to his genius, that he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism,...earnest persons. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy,... | |
 | 1853 - 618 Seiten
...lengthened shadow of one man, as the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox, Methodism of Wesley, .... and all history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. Manifestly, it is of mighty importance that we should remember and study the world's great men, and... | |
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