| Arthur Hugh Clough - 1869 - 448 oldal
...of that genius and moral frame, the sum of the real significance of his character and view of life. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man, are words which he himself adopts from the Elizabethan poet Daniel, translated by him from Seneca,... | |
| Arthur Rigg - 1869 - 124 oldal
...— every political move : whilst we bow down ourselves in the House of Mammon, unconscious that " unless above himself he can erect himself how poor a thing is man ;" whilst we are doing all this for at best perishing treasures, and very often for perplexing and... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 312 oldal
...aid of these magnificent helpers. Thus, on a planet so small as ours, the want of an adequate hase for astronomical measurements is early felt, as, for...himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " but when his will leans on a principle, when he is the vehicle of ideas, he borrows their omnipotence.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 284 oldal
...as our handiworks borrow the elements, so all our social and political action leans on principles. To accomplish anything excellent, the will must work...himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " but when his will leans on a principle, when he is the vehicle of ideas, he borrows their omnipotence.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 286 oldal
...as our handiworks borrow the elements, so all our social and political action leans on principles. To accomplish anything excellent, the will must work...catholic and universal ends. A puny creature walled La on every side, as Daniel wrote, — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 oldal
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man ! ' * Happy is he who lives to understand, Not human nature only, but explores All natures, — to... | |
| 1871 - 854 oldal
...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither... | |
| E.C. Wines - 1871 - 680 oldal
...experience has taught to other peoples in their area of action. What is true of the individual that " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " is equally true of states and kingdoms and empires. As no individual can stand alone, so neither... | |
| 1872 - 660 oldal
...Predominate ; whose strong effects are such As he must bear, being powerless to redress ; And that, unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! ' " Happy is he who lives to understand Not human nature only, but explores All natures, to the end... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1873 - 430 oldal
...altogether too rich for such poor acting. I am hardly worthy to be a suburban dweller outside those walls. " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " With our music we would fain challenge transiently another and finer sort of intercourse than our... | |
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