 He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets, —most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation ; but he shuts the door of truth.  The Map of Life, Conduct and Character - Page 31by William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1899 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1901 - 744 pages
...averse to all stagnation. As one of the greatest of nineteenth- century philosophers has said, " God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which yon please — you can never have both." This, then, was the age when men were choosing Truth rather... | |
 | 1852 - 576 pages
...reed, but bidding him stand firm Though she crush worlds. God offers to every mind, it has been said, its choice between truth and repose. "Take which you please, — you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the love of repose predominates, will... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented. God offers to every mind its choice between truth and...Take which you please, — you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the love of repose predominates will... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...and. the truthfulness of his thought. His essays are jeplete with passages such as this : — " God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please — you ean never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the love of repose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented. God offers to every mind its choice between truth and...Take which you please, — you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates. He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...and the truthfulness of his thought. His essays are replete with passages such as this : — " God offers to every mind its choice between truth and...Take which you please — you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the love of repose predominates, will... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...and the truthfulness of his thought. His essays are replete with passages such as ! this : — " God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please — you ean never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the love of repose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure. in thought is thereby augmented. God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please—you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented. God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please,—you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...things for that, and choose defeat and pain, so that his treasure in thought is thereby augmented. God offers to every mind its choice between truth and...Take which you please, — you can never have both. Between these, as a pendulum, man oscillates ever. He in whom the love of repose predominates, will... | |
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