 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Character - 1911 - 148 pages
...stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed,...on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his 20 ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man... | |
 | Education - 1912 - 714 pages
...assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, lie goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated,...wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorances ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...itself with secret forces. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed,...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; 10 he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation... | |
 | Business - 1920 - 660 pages
...itself with secret forces. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed,...has gained facts ; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...forces. A great man is always '.. willing tp_be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages7"Ee goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated,...has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the... | |
 | Melville Elijah Stone - Journalists - 1921 - 416 pages
...his essay on Compensation: Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to...has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. At Nauvoo The first home I remember was... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - Quotations, American - 1924 - 152 pages
...by structure. — WORSHIP A. great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed,...on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learned his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The... | |
 | Warren Coutant Du Bois - Public speaking - 1926 - 296 pages
...itself with secret force. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed,...has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. CHAPTER VIII VISUAL ASPECTS OF DELIVERY... | |
 | Grover C. Orth - 1926 - 196 pages
...consoling thoughts from Emerson: "A great man is always willing to be little. While he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed,...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. Blame is safer than praise.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 pages
...advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, armented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; e has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained icts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; as got moderation and real skill.... | |
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A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ;... 
