This sentence is on a plaque on a bench here in the Cloisers:
The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
The happiest man is he who learns from worship the lesson of nature.
The happiest man is he who learns the lesson of worship from nature.
The happiest man . . .
"he who" has a terrific ring to it.
This is the man who wrote one of the best sentences: "The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature." Can anything be finer than "the nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner"? The nonchalance of boys! No "he who" there!
Yet I see a strange item on the Internet. Perhaps it is written by a professor.
The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
The happiest man is he who learns from worship the lesson of nature.
The happiest man is he who learns the lesson of worship from nature.
The happiest man . . .
"he who" has a terrific ring to it.
This is the man who wrote one of the best sentences: "The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature." Can anything be finer than "the nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner"? The nonchalance of boys! No "he who" there!
Yet I see a strange item on the Internet. Perhaps it is written by a professor.
Need help understanding a phrase of Emerson's Self-Reliance
Hi everyone,
I've struggled in vain to understand this sentence:
"The nonchalance of boys who are sure of a dinner, and would disdain as much as a lord to do or say aught to conciliate one, is the healthy attitude of human nature."
Can anyone help me?
aught = anything
1. Does this mean boys that are sure (of themselves) at a dinner?
2. 'disdain as much...' - does this mean the boy would disdain as a lord disdain to try to win someone over in a dishonest manner?
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