 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.  Unity - Page 1971908Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better...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... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1865 - 216 pages
...— the greater part of the world might subscribe it, without deviating from the strictest veracity. IT is easy in the world to live after the world's...great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps the independence of solitude. THERE are men who, by long consulting only their own inclination, have... | |
 | 1867 - 672 pages
...select a few characteristic examples. ' Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds.' ' The great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd,...perfect sweetness, the independence of solitude.' ' We grant that human life is mean, but how did we find out that it was mean ? What is the universal... | |
 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 506 pages
...the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it yourself. It is easy to live in the world after the world's opinion : it is easy in solitude to live... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 pages
...when used in descriptive or argumentative passages, generally requires a short pause after it; as, " It is easy in the world to live after the world's...sweetness the independence of solitude." — Emerson. In passionate passages, no pause is required after the disjunctive; as, "It is not linen you 're wearing... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is, that it scatters your force.... | |
 | Charles John Plumptre - 1870 - 236 pages
...inflection should be used on the positive or absolute member, and the rising on the negative or relative. " It is easy in the world to live after the world's...great man is he, who in the midst of the crowd keeps the independence of solitude." Rule XX. — All sentences that are ironical in character should have... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1871 - 422 pages
...when used in descriptive or argumentative passages, generally requires a short pause after it; as, "It is easy in the world to live after the world's...solitude to live after our own ; but . . . the great i;11iii is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."... | |
 | 1871 - 730 pages
...but, alas — " Of all sad words of tongue or pea, The saddest are these : • It might hare been.' " IT is easy in the world to live after the world's...opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; lint the great man is he who in the raidxt of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence... | |
 | 1873 - 806 pages
...life ; and while we are busily watching at one door, he comes in at another. Сохаштвяск. — 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 a crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence... | |
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