 That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conducted will yield the imagination a higher joy...  Modern Eloquence - Page 1079edited by - 1900Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1885 - 582 pages
...be sage, And gay without frivolity,' Emerson had no doubt about his creed : ' That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness and courage, and the endeavour to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1886 - 116 pages
...grass, we refuse the laws, we go to jail: it is all in vain ; only by obedience to That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness...true romance, which, when it is valiantly conducted, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction. All around us, what powers are wrapped up... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...arise before a man, and lead him by the hand out of all the wards of the prison. That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness and courage, and the endeavour to realise our aspirations. The life of man is the true romance, which, when it is valiantly... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1889 - 610 pages
...benefit which is t he soul of Nature, and thereby is beautiful. . . That which befits us, enbosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness and courage and the endeavor to realize pur aspirations. . . Shall not the heart which has received so much trust the Power by which it lives?... | |
 | William Wilberforce Newton - 1890 - 300 pages
...eternity it shall be better for you than if you had never felt them." —J. TAUm. " That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness,...courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart, which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives ? May it not quit... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1891 - 348 pages
...Emerson present themselves to heart and mind : " That which becomes us, embosomed in wonder and beauty as we are, is cheerfulness and courage and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much trust the power by which it lives ? May it not quit... | |
 | John White Chadwick - 1891 - 278 pages
...Emerson present themselves to heart and mind : " That which becomes us, embosomed in wonder and beauty as we are, is cheerfulness and courage and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much trust the power by which it lives ? May it not quit... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 264 pages
...prison. (That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness and cooirage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations.} The...true romance, which, when it is valiantly conducted, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction. All around us, what powers are wrapped up... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 pages
...only to thirst the more. Shall we not go down to it, drink and be satisfied?" + "That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness...courage and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much trust the Power by which it lives? May it not quit other... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1896 - 392 pages
...love and gratitude and praise. MJ COTTERILL. HPHAT which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder a? we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives ? May it no. quit... | |
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