 Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.  Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 151by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maurice Garland Fulton - Education, Higher - 1914 - 556 pages
...done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...and benefactors, pious aspirants to be noble clay under the Almighty effort let us advance on Chaos and the Dark. What pretty oracles nature yields us... | |
 | Alma Blount, Clark Sutherland Northup - English language - 1914 - 400 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying 10 their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...not pinched in a corner, not cowards fleeing before a!5 revolution, but redeemers and benefactors, pious aspirants to be noble clay, under the Almighty... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - American literature - 1915 - 670 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...highest mind the same transcendent destiny ; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers,... | |
 | Ethical culture movement - 1915 - 266 pages
...so, and confided themselves, childlike, to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. * * * Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own minds. Absolve you to yourself and you... | |
 | Leland Todd Powers - Communication - 1916 - 172 pages
...trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. 8. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers,... | |
 | Frank Aydelotte - Engineering - 1917 - 420 pages
...childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating...highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1917 - 536 pages
...done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through...And we are now men, and must accept in the highest spirit the same transcendent destiny ; and not pinched in a corner, not cowards 70 fleeing before a... | |
 | George Rowland Dodson - Religions - 1917 - 364 pages
...Emerson, great men have always trusted this consciousness, thereby "betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being." It is not possible to collate here all the many passages in which Paul refers to this experience of... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - Literary Criticism - 1917 - 346 pages
...done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age; betraying their perception that the Eternal was stirring at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being." Still the great man who is also a wise man always participates in a revolution with a certain measure... | |
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