 The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt ; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.  The Blithedale Romance - Stran 16avtor: Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1852 - 288 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Mrs. G. H. Taylor - 1877 - 144 strani
...hand which guides. Tennyson. of thought or feeling, are those of which the fructification is slow. The greatest obstacle to being heroic, is the doubt...a fool. The truest heroism is to resist the doubt. The profoundest wisdom, to know when we ought to be resisted and when to be obeyed. The mind on the... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 strani
...divergent or opposing views of life and motives of conduct. This seems to be a characteristic attitude: 'The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt...when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.' Meditative, dreamy, coy, sincere, gentle, reverent; of refined taste, of tenderest affection in the... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883 - 630 strani
...quitted. I say, these comfortable quarters, and plunged into the heart of the pitiless snow-storm, in quest of a better life. The better life ! Possibly,...obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not bo going to prove one's self a fool ; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt ; and the profoundest... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 strani
...divergent or opposing views of life and motives of conduct. This seems to be a characteristic attitude: 'The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self u fool; the truest heroism is, to resist the doubt; and the profound??! wisdom to know when it ought... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 724 strani
...is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action. 2426 JC and AW Hare : Guesses at Truth. The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt...when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed. 2427 Hawthorne : The Bllthedale Romance. Oh. 2. There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice... | |
 | Lydia Cope Wood - 1890 - 286 strani
...what a fool he is." " He is no fool, nor a muff either," said Logan. " His favorite Hawthorne says, ' The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt...one's self a fool ; the truest heroism is to resist that doubt.' Gordon has passed the doubting period," said Warren, looking out across the bare field... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1898 - 910 strani
...ear, even to the most intimate of friends or the dearest of kindred." — AP Peabody. ILLUSTRATIONS. " The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's-self a fool ; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt and the profoundest wisdom, to know when... | |
 | 1899 - 680 strani
...I saw him [lying, laying] on the floor. (7) He is one of those men who [is, are] sure to be known. "The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt...one's self a fool : the truest heroism is to resist that doubt : and the profonndest wisdom is to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed."... | |
 | Mrs. G. H. Taylor - 1904 - 156 strani
...without ceasing. "The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one is not going to make one's self a fool. The truest heroism is to resist the doubt. The profoundest wisdom is to know when we ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed. 20 The mistakes... | |
 | 1905 - 730 strani
...chapter from The Blithedale Romance for my wife, and paused a bit after the following sentence : — ' The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt...when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.' " That's good enough," said I, " for Father Russell's ' Winged Words '—I think I'll send it to him."... | |
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