Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson · الترخيص: Public domain · المصدر

• "O mighty-mouth'd inventor of harmonies, O skill'd to sing of Time or Eternity, God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages."--TENNYSON. ¶616
• "For words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the soul within." TENNYSON, _In Memoriam_, V. I. ¶622
• "In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended." In the essay on _Greatness_: ¶625
• "Self-respect is the early form in which greatness appears.... Stick to your own.... Follow the path your genius traces like the galaxy of heaven for you to walk in." ¶626
• "The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself." ¶628
• "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." PAUL, _I. Thes._ v. 21. ¶640
• "What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted." SHAKESPEARE, _II. Henry VI._, III. 2. ¶643
• "Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus." CLAUDIANUS, _De IV. Consul. Honorii_, 302. ¶658
• "Madam, I'm Adam"; "Signa te signa; temere me tangis et angis"; ¶674
• or the inscription on the church of St. Sophia, Constantinople: ¶675
• "I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time." ¶696
• "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast." MONTGOMERY, _What is Prayer?_ ] ¶716

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