No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it. The Monthly magazine - Pàgina 485per Monthly literary register - 1841Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Samuel James Andrews - 1898 - 396 pàgines
...around him, but he carries the standard of right and wrong in his own bosom. As expressed by one : " The only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong, what is against it." The interests of society hold a subordinate place. What is useful to myself is good and right ; what... | |
| 1898 - 462 pàgines
...me but that of iny nature. Good ann. bad are but munt» very readily trausferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against if. 415 tweeledig op : als zijn en als zóó-zijn. Dus is kwaad óf tegennatuurlijk of niet-zóo-zijn... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pàgines
...to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but he. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
| 1899 - 828 pàgines
...religious sanction. To give you Emerson again : "Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist. ... I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to...names, to large societies and dead institutions." We need to realize that what has been called religion is itself on trial, and no man with a brain U... | |
| Horatio Willis Dresser - 1899 - 288 pàgines
...fellow-men. The straight and narrow line of development may be followed by all who obey Emerson's rule, "The only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong is what is against it." That is, every time the social demands are too great, and you cannot meet them... | |
| Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 pàgines
...to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong is what is against it. A man is to carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every- 125... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 110 pàgines
...mood, the pleasure, the power of tomorrow when we are building up our being. 9?pt?mb?r itontg-nim? T AM ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges...and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Self Reliance tljtrtg E voice of the Almighty saith: — " up and onward forevermore." Compensation... | |
| Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pàgines
...to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the...carry himself in the presence of all opposition, as if everything were titular and ephemeral but him. I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 pàgines
...to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this ; the only right is what is after my constitution ; the only wrong what is against it. A man is to-carry himself in the presence of all opposition as if every thing were titular and ephemeral but... | |
| Horatio Willis Dresser - 1903 - 468 pàgines
...it not and see it not. . . . Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it. ... We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature,... | |
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