 So much only of life as I know by experience, so much of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in...  The United States Democratic Review - Page 3271838Full view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this, by which experience is converted into thought,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearh and rubies to his discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1849 - 414 pages
...partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges...the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this, by which experience is con-- verted into thought,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American essays - 1849 - 408 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by,... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...high docs it soar, so long does it sing. " The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by as a loss of Power. It is the raw material out of which the intel1 lect moulds her splendid products. A strange process, too, this by which experience is converted... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Philosophy of nature - 1856 - 402 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this, by which experience is converted into thought,... | |
 | 1856 - 390 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....to his discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, and want are instruments in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges етеry opportunity of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1866 - 298 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this, by which experience is converted into thought,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in •which he can partake....the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this, by which experience is converted into thought,... | |
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