Men take each other's measure, when they meet for the first time, — and every time they meet. How do they get this rapid knowledge, even before they speak, of each other's power and disposition ? One would say that the persuasion of their speech is... Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ... - Sivu 150tekijä(t) Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1863 - 310 sivua
...massive, cheerful, yet formidable like the Egyptian colossi. Neither Aristotle, nor Leibnitz, nor Junius, nor Champollion has set down the grammar-rules of...say, that the persuasion of their speech is not in j what they say, — or, that men do not convince by their argument, — but by their personality,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 500 sivua
...massive, cheerful, yet formidable like the Egyptian colossi. Neither Aristotle, nor Leibnitz, nor Junius, nor Champollion has set down the grammar-rules of...they speak, of each other's power and dispositions 3 One would say, that the persuasion of their speech is not in what they say, — or, that men do not... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 388 sivua
...cheerful, yet formidable like the Egyptain colossi. Neither Aristotle, nor Leibnitz, nor Junius, /.ar Champollion has set down the grammarrules of this...but they who cannot yet read English can read this. MJi1 take each other's measure, when they meet for the first time, — and every time they meet. How... | |
| Samuel Roberts Wells - 1871 - 788 sivua
...Champollion has set down the grammar rules of this science, older than the Sanscrit, but they who can not yet read English can read this. Men take each other's...even before they speak, of each other's power and disposition ? One would say that the persuasion of their speech is not in what they say — or, that... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 500 sivua
...formidable like the Egyptian colossi. Neither Aristotle, nor Leibnitz, nor Junius, nor Ghampollion has set down the grammar-rules of this dialect, older...they speak, of each other's power and dispositions 1 One would say, that the persuasion of their speech is not in what they say, — or, that men do not... | |
| Thomas S. Sozinskey - 1877 - 212 sivua
...possibility of each passenger in the facial angle, in the complexion, in the depth of the eye ;" and again, " Men take each other's measure when they meet for the first time and as often as they meet." Why, this belief has always prevailed. Over two thousand years ago Ecclesiasticus... | |
| 1880 - 516 sivua
...Champollion has set down the grammar-rules o/ ^f this dialect, older than Sanscrit ; but they who tannot yet read English, can read this. Men take each other's...of each other's power and dispositions ? One would Bay that the persuasion of their speech is not in what they say, — or, that men do not convince by... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 330 sivua
...massive, cheerful, yet formidable, like the Egyptian colossi. Neither Aristotle, nor Leibnitz, nor Junius, nor Champollion has set down the grammar-rules of...the persuasion of their speech is not in what they say,—or that men do not convince by their argument, but by their personality, by who they are, and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 558 sivua
...colossi. Neither Aristotle, nor Leibnitz, nor Junius, nor Champollion has sot down the grammar rules of this dialect, older than Sanscrit} but they who...they speak, of each other's power and dispositions I One would say, that the persuasion of their speech is not in what they say, — or, that men do not... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1884 - 588 sivua
...good manners is self-reliance. . . . Manners require time, as nothing is more vulgar than haste. . . . "Men take each other's measure, when they meet for the first time, — and every time they meet. . . . "It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship... | |
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