... counting man, does not, as we know him, represent himself, but misrepresents himself. Him we do not respect, but the soul, whose organ he is, would he let it appear through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect,... Twelve essays [comprising Essays, 1st ser.]. - Page 195by Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...the great soul have its way through us ; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man is at some time sensible. Language cannot... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1845 - 584 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. ' When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...through his affection, it is love. And the blindness of intellect begins when it would be something of itself. The weakness of the will begins when the individual... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1845 - 564 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue; when...through his affection, it is love. And the blindness of intellect begins when it would be something of itself. The weakness of the will begins when the individual... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us ; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is uenius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...let the great soul have its way through us; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man is at some time sensible. Language cannot... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...let the great soul have its way through us; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man is at some time sensible. Language cannot... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...the great soul have its way through us ; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man is at some time sensible. Language cannot... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue :...All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us ; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue :...All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us ; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...through his action, would make our knees bend. When it breathes through his intellect, it is genius ; when it breathes through his will, it is virtue ;...All reform aims, in some one particular, to let the soul have its way through us ; in other words, to engage us to obey. Of this pure nature every man... | |
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