Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best,... Essays - Sivu 68tekijä(t) Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Louisa May Alcott - 1877 - 375 sivua
...marked: — " ' My life is for itself, and not for a spectacle/ " 'Insist on yourself : never imitate. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him/ " ' Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope or dare too much/ Then coming to the folded... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - 1878 - 430 sivua
...of the adopted talent of another yi u have only an extemporaneous, half possession. That which i ach can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. No...Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? ^Viiere is the master who could hare instructed Franklin, or WaL.mngton, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 555 sivua
...satisfied also. Insist on yourself; never imitnte. Your own gi ft you can present every moment with the part. This, from some opium experiences of mine,...am convinced is true, viz., that the dread book of instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 555 sivua
...cumulative force of n whole life's cultivation ; but of the adopted talent of ¡mother, you have only nn extemporaneous half possession. That which each can...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person ImB exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or liacon,... | |
 | 1882
...for life. "Insist on yourself," says Emerson. "Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every man is a unique." . With the present... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865
...giant goes with me wherever I go." . ; " It was in his own mind that the artist sought his model." " That which each can do best none but his Maker can teach him." " Every great man is an unique." " Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles." His... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883
...countenance, that he goes the missionary of wisdom and virtue, and visits cities and men like a sovereign, another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession....each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him. and not like an interloper or a valet. j No man yet knows what it is, nor can, till I have no churlish... | |
 | 1896
...Emerson says: " Insist upon yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton?... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884
...satisfied also. Insist on yourself ; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...man yet knows what it is, nor can, till that person VOL. II. 6 has exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakspeare ? Where is the master... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 351 sivua
...satisfied also. Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation ; but...exhibited it. Where is the master who could have taught Shakespeare ? Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton... | |
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