 It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.  The Monthly magazine - Page 486by Monthly literary register - 1841Full view - About this book
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. It is easy in the world to live after the world's...perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. The only way to have a friend is to be one. You shall not come nearer to a man by getting into his house.... | |
 | Calendars - 1886 - 204 pages
...from the evil. — John xvii. 15. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. EMERSON. Man should dare all things that he knows are right, And fear to do no act save what is wrong... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1887 - 460 pages
...there is among so many of losing all self-reliance in matters of study. The great student no less than the great man is "he who in the midst of the crowd...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." Discussion from day to day with one's fellowstudents of the subjects under consideration is broadening... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Conduct of life - 1887 - 222 pages
...exciting things happened,' be assured that you are in a good way."1 " The great man," says Emerson, " is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude." And he closes his Conduct of Life with a striking allegory. The young mortal... | |
 | Orson Ferguson Whitney - Missions - 1888 - 544 pages
...OF HEBER C. KIMBALL, AN APOSTLE; THE FATHER AND FOUNDER OF THE BRITISH MISSION. BY ORSON F. WHITNEY. IT IS easy in the world to live after the world's...crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of his character. — Emerson. PUBLISHED BY THE KIMBALL FAMILY, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. PRINTED AT THE JUVENILE... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1888 - 408 pages
...meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they : know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to...live after our own ; but the great man is he who in / I ^ £~ the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect ! f sweetness the independence of solitude, f The... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - Liberalism (Religion) - 1888 - 584 pages
...December 7th. The essayist took as a' text for her much enjoyed production, Emerson's sentence, " A great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." Cincinnati, Ohio.- Rev.Geo.A. Thayer is giving a series of eight sermons on "The Truths and Errors... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - English language - 1889 - 432 pages
...connection is so slight that the colon is placed between the members. The following are examples : "It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude"; "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain... | |
 | Virginia Waddy - English language - 1889 - 432 pages
...connection is so slight tltat the colon is placed between the members. The following are examples: "It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude "; "In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - Citations anglaises - 1889 - 720 pages
...than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. 222!) Emerson : Miscellanies. Literary Ethics. The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. 2230 Emerson : Essays. Self-Beliance. We balance one man with his opposite, and the health of the State... | |
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