The Conduct of Life, Chapter 3, “Wealth,” p. 107
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The Conduct of Life
The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1860 and revised in 1876. In this volume, Emerson sets out to answer "the question of the times:" "How shall I live?" It is composed of nine essays, each preceded by a poem. These nine essays are largely based on lectures Emerson held throughout the country, including for a young, mercantile audience in the lyceums of the Midwestern boomtowns of the 1850s.The Conduct of Life has been named as both one of Emerson's best works and one of his worst. It was one of Emerson's most successful publications and has been identified as a source of influence for a number of writers, including Friedrich Nietzsche.
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
The Conduct of Life, Chapter 6, “Worship,” p. 214
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
The Conduct of Life, Chapter 7, “Considerations by the Way,” Complete Works (1883), vol. 6, p. 237
The Conduct of Life, Chapter 4, “Culture,” p. 145
“Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.”
The Conduct of Life, Behaviour
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye.”
The Conduct of Life, Behaviour
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.”
The Conduct of Life, Wealth
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Culture http://books.google.com/books?id=uVYRAAAAYAAJ&q="The+measure+of+a+master+is+his+success+in+bringing+all+men+round+to+his+opinion+twenty+years+later"&pg=PA157#v=onepage
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
