Why drag about this corpse of your memory lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then? Essays - Page 52by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand -eyed present, and live ever in a new day. Trust your... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. Trust your... | |
| 1841 - 640 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand -eyed present, and live ever in a new day. Trust your... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new da}r. Trust your... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated te"thte or that public place? Suppose you should contradict...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousandeyed present, and live ever in a new day. Trust your emotion.... | |
| 1842 - 740 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public places' Suppose you should contradict yourself; what then:'' — Essay ii., p. 57. Why — it depends... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. Trust your... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself—what then ? It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on your memory alone, scarcely... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this monstrous corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated...memory alone, scarcely even in acts of pure memory, but bring the past for judgment into the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. Trust your... | |
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