 What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those...  Essays - Page 44de Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1862 - 480 pages
..." Y\7"HAT I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule," says Emerson, " equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life,...whole distinction between greatness and meanness." When art shall be better understood, its followers will have less occasion for the spirit of self-reliance,... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1862 - 474 pages
...preserve it in the highest attainable state of efficiency. CHAPTER VI. WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK. " "\^7"HAT I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule," says Emerson, " equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...Sn<:.Ut. GHEATNESS and MEANNESS- Di.tinotion between. What I must do is all that concerns me, stui not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual Ufe, may serve for the whole distinction between great ness and meanness. It is the harder, bccau-«... | |
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...hope it is something better than whim at last ; but we cannot spend the day in explanation. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people...arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve as the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find... | |
 | Philip Gilbert Hamerton - 1866 - 396 pages
...preserve it in the highest attainable state of efficiency. CHAPTER VI. WHAT THE PEOPLE THINK. " \1THAT I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule," says Emerson, " equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 506 pages
...must do is all that concerns me, and not what people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction...they know what is your duty better than you know it yourself. It is easy to live in the world after the world's opinion : it is easy in solitude to live... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous iu actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.... | |
 | Mrs. G. H. Taylor - 1877 - 144 pages
...height of the hill. Phelps. What I must do, is all that concerns me, and not what other people think. You will always find those who think they know what...is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in solitude to live above the world's opinion. It is easy in solitude to live after your own. But the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 352 pages
...65. not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. I What I must do is all that concerns me, not / what the people think. This rule, equally arduous L in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...and do I not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This_nde, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between... | |
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