 | 1901 - 578 pagina’s
...Emerson, t They are slightly different from those quoted by PERTINAX at the first reference :— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, Brave youth replies, I can. NOTES ON BOOKS, 4c. M. HvAary of the Conquest of Mexico. By William H.... | |
 | 1901 - 690 pagina’s
...for 1857. FR DAVIES. Hawthorn, Black Rock. AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (9th S. viii. 85).— So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, "Thou muet," The youth replies, " I can !" ' Voluntaries,' Ralph Waldo Emerson. He is oft the wisest man... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pagina’s
...earth for ourselves and for all human kind, if we can begin each day by saying with Emerson, ''So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When...whispers low, 'Thou must,' The Youth replies, 'I can!'" 99 DISCUSSION. JAMES H. ECOB: My excuse for talking so much here is this text of the Scripture : "If... | |
 | William Lovett - 1853 - 496 pagina’s
...profound, they are also self-asserting. When presented, you say, — I 6now them already. " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies. / can." This inner voice, declaring for God and duty, is often hushed, often unheeded, and so at last... | |
 | 1885 - 676 pagina’s
...to repudiate that doctrine. I give you a finer and a nobler motto — So nigh is glory to our duty, So near is God to man ; When duty whispers low "Thou must," The soul replies, " I can." And if I am to speak to you about duties, I will mention one which is too often... | |
 | 1897 - 678 pagina’s
...be known," after the Truth manner, in lines like these? "So ni).rh is grandeur to our dust. So noar is God to man, When Duty whispers low, thou must, The youth replies, I can." " Virtue alone is sweet society, It keeps the key to all heroic hearts, And opens you a welcome in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1867 - 226 pagina’s
...Speed nimbler messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. ' So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When...whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. IV. O, WELL for the fortunate soul Which Music's wings infold, Stealing away the memory Of sorrows... | |
 | 1867 - 784 pagina’s
...the breath of grace diviue To hearts in sloth and case. 1 867.] Reviews and Literary Notices. So nigh is grandeur to our dust. So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Tkou must, The youth replies, / гаи. " Blooms the laurel which belongs To the valiant chief who... | |
 | Anne Mercier - 1869 - 278 pagina’s
...of light and truth and being. The prize was Christabel's. CHAPTER IX. "READY? AY, READY!" " So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When...whispers low, ' Thou must,' The youth replies, ' I can.' " RW EMERSON. THERE is no weather, however bright, on which the Greyfriars' churchyard in Edinburgh... | |
 | Book - 1871 - 366 pagina’s
...Speed heavenly messages, That waft the breath of grace divine To hearts in sloth and ease. So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When duty whispers low, thou must, The heart replies, / can. The God that worketh high and wise, Nor pauses in his plan, Will take the sun... | |
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So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. 
