 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 Seiten
...whatever she makes us lose, as long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. — POJK. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after your own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the... | |
 | Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia - 1898 - 198 Seiten
...body is the bow that sends them home. The mind aims, the body fires." — NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS. "A great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude. Happy is he who has a sanctuary in his own soul. He who is virtuous is wise;... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 358 Seiten
...Gods still sitting on their thrones ; they alone with him alone. "The great man," he elsewhere says, "is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude." We may all, if we will, secure peace of mind for ourselves. "Men seek retreats,"... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1893 - 506 Seiten
...on their thrones ; they alone with him alone. " The great man," he elsewhere says, " is 1 Emctetus. he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the serenity of solitude." We may all, if we will, secure peace of mind for ourselves. " Men seek retreats,"... | |
 | 1895 - 344 Seiten
...with others, and yet to follow our own consciences ; to unite social deference and selfdominion. 19. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after one's own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the... | |
 | 1896 - 234 Seiten
...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 the world's...crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is that it scatters your... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1896 - 604 Seiten
...this way, it ought not to be discussed at all. He would have us each independent; and yet he says, "The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with ptrfect sweetness the independence of solitude." "Perfect sweetness" never means sourness, bigotry... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 268 Seiten
...chosen plain food for health ? " What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. ... It is easy in the world to live after the world's...crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." ii. 55. 4. Like George Nidiver, Courage, vii, 261. Head the ballad. 6. " If it were possible... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 Seiten
...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 the world's...crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. HISTORY CIVIL and natural history, the history of art and of literature, must be explained... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 Seiten
...Young Friend. " The great end of life is not knowledge, but action." HUXLEY. Technical Education. " The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps, with perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude." EMERSON. Self-Reliancc. " The great mind knows the power of gentleness, Only tries force... | |
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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. 
