 I grasp the hands of those next me, and take my place in the ring to suffer and to work, taught by an instinct that so shall the dumb abyss be vocal with speech. I pierce its order; I dissipate its fear; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding...  The Schoolmaster in Comedy and Satire - Page 548edited by - 1894 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States - 1838 - 540 pages
...says, shall be done " in the twinkling of an eye," is here analysed for our deliberate contemplation. "So much only of life as I know by experience — so much of the wilderness have I ranquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...I pierce its order; I dissipate its fear; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by experience, so much...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
...pierce its order ; I dissipate its fear ; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding life. So much 'only of life as I know by experience, so...discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by,... | |
 | 1856 - 390 pages
...secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. THE GREAT VALUE OF ACTION. — So much only of life as I know by experience, so much of the wilderness havе I vanquished and planted; or, so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how... | |
 | Dublin city, univ - 1871 - 366 pages
...pierce its order ; I dissipate its fear ; I dispose of it within the circuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by experience, so much...discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 326 pages
...pierce its order ; I dissipate its fear ; I dispose of it within the 4« F circuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by experience, so much...vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended mj being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap,... | |
 | 1883 - 666 pages
...labour aud invention, the pi^e of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold illustration. So much only of life as I know by experience, so much of the wilderness have I vaLquished and pUnted, or so far have I extended my being, — my dominion. Success treads on every... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 pages
...dispose of it within the cireuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by expericnce, so much of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my bcing, my dominion. I do not sce how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 328 pages
...it within the circuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by experience, so mucli of the wilderness have I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended mj being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 410 pages
...pierce its order; I. dissipate its fear: I dispose .of it within the circuit of my expanding life. So much only of life as I know by experience, so much of tho wilderness havo I vanquished and planted, or so far have I extended my being, my dominion. I do... | |
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