The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals. But we have aimed at a swift and petty benefit, to suck a sudden sweetness. We snatch at the slowest fruit in the whole garden of God, which many summers... The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - 5 ページ 編集 - 1903全文表示 - この書籍について
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth - 1990 - 404 ページ
...[CW 2.:ii5, 12.2,]). And the value of friendship lies in one's ability to make it develop and last: "The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals. But we have aimed at a swift and petty benefit. . . . We snatch at the slowest fruit in the whole garden... | |
| Michael Pakaluk - 1991 - 292 ページ
...for curiosity and not for life. They are not to be indulged. This is to weave cobweb, and not cloth. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...of one web with the laws of nature and of morals. But we have aimed at a swift and petty benefit, to suck a sudden sweetness. We snatch at the slowest... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2004 - 256 ページ
...for curiosity and not for life. They are not to be indulged. This is to weave cobweb, and not cloth. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...of one web with the laws of nature and of morals. But we have aimed at a swift and petty benefit, to suck a sudden sweetness. We snatch at the slowest... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2006 - 98 ページ
...excellent things, which all have this rainbow character, defying all attempts at appropriation and use. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...fibre of the human heart. The laws of friendship are great, austere and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and of morals. I do not wish to treat... | |
| Jason A. Scorza - 2008 - 290 ページ
...chief concerns is the vulnerability of friendship to degeneration and disintegration. Emerson explains, "Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...and dreams, instead of the tough fibre of the human heart."32 By his own analysis, friendship cannot begin in the clouds. He writes, "I wish that friendship... | |
| John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 ページ
...(CW2, 125 and 127). But from where are such assurances made? An early line holds a partial answer: "The laws of friendship are austere and eternal, of one web with laws of nature and morals" (CW2, 117). A second occurs in "Compensation": "All things are moral. That... | |
| 1911 - 544 ページ
...friendships do not blossom suddenly in four or five weeks. Emerson in his essay on Friendship says "Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions,...and eternal, of one web with the laws of nature and morals. But we have aimed at a swift and petty benefit, to suck a sudden sweetness. We snatch at the... | |
| 1846 - 438 ページ
...him, we find small prepossession towards one who has dissipated a cherished illusion. — Anon. Оив friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions, because...instead of the tough fibre of the human heart. The la\vs of friendship arc great, austere, and eternal, of one web with the laws of morals and of nature.... | |
| University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 430 ページ
...for curiosity, and not for life. They are not to be indulged. This is to weave cobweb, and not cloth. Our friendships hurry to short and poor conclusions...a texture of wine and dreams instead of the tough fiber of the human heart. The laws of friendship are great, austere, and eternal, of one web with the... | |
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