He in whom the love of truth predominates will keep himself aloof from all moorings, and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognize all the opposite negations between which, as walls, his being is swung. He submits to the inconvenience of suspense... Some Aspects of Religion - Page 260by John White Chadwick - 1879 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations between which, as walls,...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
| American literature - 1848 - 614 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations, between which, as walls,...swung. He submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfectopinion, but he is a candidate for truth, as the other is not, and he respects the highest... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...of truth. He in whom the love of truth predominates will keep himself aloof from all moorings, and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognize...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations between which, as walls,...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations between which, as walls,...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
| American periodicals - 1848 - 636 pages
...of truth. He in whom the love of truth predominates, will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognize...suspense and imperfect opinion, but he is a candidate for trnth, as the other is not, and he respects the highest law of his being." We gather from what little... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations, between which, as walls,...is a candidate for truth, as the other is not, and he respects the highest law of his being." We gather from what little has reached us of his biography,... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations between which, as walls,...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...will keep himself aloof from all moorings and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognise all the opposite negations between which, as walls,...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...of truth. He in whom the love of truth predominates will keep himself aloof from all moorings, and afloat. He will abstain from dogmatism, and recognize...is not, and respects the highest law of his being. The circle of the green earth he must measure with his shoes, to find the man who can yield him truth.... | |
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