 They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the Devil's child. I will live then from the Devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or [his; the only right is what is after...  The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Stran 247avtor: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 strani
...On my saying, ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ?' my friend suggested — ' But these impulses may be...are but names, very readily transferable to that or tiii - ; the only right is what is after my constitution, the only wrong what is against it. A man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 strani
...church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ? my friend suggested — " But these impulses may be...to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, 1 will live then from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are... | |
 | 1841 - 572 strani
...below," our author records his answer — the only one, indeed, which can be made with his premises — " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live then from the devil;" (pp. 41, 42.) and the answer is proof enough that the rule, alone, cannot be a safe one. It makes,... | |
 | 1841 - 568 strani
...below," our author records his answer — the only one, indeed, which can be made with his premises — " They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, 1 will live then from the devil;" (pp. 41, 42.) and the answer is proof enough that the rule, alone,... | |
 | 1844 - 648 strani
...on my saying ' what have I to do with the sacredness of tradition?, if I live wholly from within,' my friend suggested, " But these impulses may be from...seem to me to be such, but if I am the devil's child, J will live then from the devil!' No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are... | |
 | 1844 - 638 strani
...traditions, if I live wholly from within,' rny friend suggested, " Вut ihese impulses may be from ie.rou!, not from above ;' I replied : ' They do not seem to...child, I will live then from the devil !' No law can he sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1845 - 584 strani
...traditions, if I live wholly from within ? . . . . But these impulses may be from below, not from above They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live from the devil. No law is sacred to roe but the law of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily... | |
 | 1845 - 564 strani
...traditions, if I live wholly from within? .... But these impulses may be from below, not from above They do not seem to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will live from the devil. No law is sacred to me but the law of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 strani
...On my saying : " What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within?" my friend suggested — " But these impulses may be...to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I will lire then from the devil." No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names... | |
 | Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet - 1850 - 450 strani
...On my saying, ' What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within ?' my friend suggested, — ' But these impulses may...to me to be such ; but if I am the devil's child, I * Essays, 1 Series, p. 259. will then live from the devil.' No law can be sacred to me, but that of... | |
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