...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, the Reformation, of Luther ; Quakerism, of Fox ; Methodism,...the biography of a few stout and earnest persons. 18. Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk...

...1861. An aphorism from Emerson is the text upon which this book discourses and gives illustrations: "All history resolves itself very easily into the biography of a few stout and earnest persons." Twenty-eight personages — among them Charlemagne, Hildebrand, AVilliam Tell, Christopher Columbus,...

...American writer has finely said on the subject : " An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther ; Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism of Wesley ; Abolition of Clarkson." This lecture will teach, not so much what is unlearned, as that which, having been learned, is partially...

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...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man : as the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,...

...confounded with virtue and the possible of roan. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, the Reformation, of Luther; Quakerism, of Fox; Methodism,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,...

...confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther ; Quakerism of Fox ; Methodism...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,...

...An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as the Reformation of Luther; Quakerism of FOXJ Methodism of Wesley ; Abolition of Clarkson. Scipio,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,...

...he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,...

...he is confounded with virtue and the possible of man. An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man ; as, Monachism, of the Hermit Antony ; the Reformation,...Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard,...