 | Electronic journals - 1901 - 578 pages
...Society for 1857. FR DAVIES. Hawthorn, Black Rock. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9 th S. viii. 85).— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, " Thou must," Tho youtn replies, " I can !" ' Voluntaries,' Ralph Waldo Emerson.... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1901 - 688 pages
...Society for 1857. FR DAVIES. Hawthorn, Black Rock. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9th S. viii. 85).— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, "Thou muet," The youth replies, " I can !" ' Voluntaries,' Ralph Waldo Emerson.... | |
 | William Lovett - Conduct of life - 1853 - 496 pages
...reasons are profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, — I 6now them already. " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies. / can." This inner voice, declaring for God and... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1891 - 900 pages
...heaven upon earth for ourselves and for all human kind, if we can begin each day by saying with Emerson, ''So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low, 'Thou must,' The Youth replies, 'I can!'" 99 DISCUSSION. JAMES H. ECOB: My... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1867 - 226 pages
...benign Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. ' So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which... | |
 | Anne Mercier - 1869 - 278 pages
...Source of light and truth and being. The prize was Christabel's. CHAPTER IX. "READY? AY, READY!" " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, ' Thou must,' The youth replies, ' I can.' " RW EMERSON. THERE is no weather,... | |
 | Book - 1871 - 366 pages
...benign, Speed heavenly messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, thou must, The heart replies, / can. The God that worketh high and wise, Nor... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...were ten times slain, Crowns him victor glorified, — Victor over death and pain, Forever. HEROISM. UQ TQ tP When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, lean. THE SEA. BEHOLD the Sea, "The opaline,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1872 - 642 pages
...following verse, by Mr. Emerson, contains the ' pith ' o all the Unitarian sermons ever preached : — ' So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, " Thou must," The youth replies, " I can." ' " Dr. Sears asks : ' Has this... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1874 - 308 pages
...this, will I ever believe that any boy, in this or in any school, has cause to say that he has failed. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to Man, When Duty whispers, low, " Thou must" The youth replies "/ can." 2. But, secondly, while you work,... | |
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can... 
