| (seq. 44)[78]
26 The Mode of delivering a truth
makes, for the most part, as
much impression on the mind
of the listener as the truth itself.
It is as hard to receive the
words of wisdom from the un-
gentle, as it is to love, or even
to recognize virtue in the austere.
30 None can drink of the cup of
vice with impunity --
33 But why not answer him?
And so I do. I answer him
in my life. The only way in
which a Philosopher should ever
answer a fool, or as in this
case a knave --
37 Speaking of Mans young soul
It is yet tender, yet pure,
years shall strengthen it -- oh
let them, not sully it! See
that luminary & lovely & glorious in
the dawn, he gathers strength &
beauty to his meridian, & passes
in peace & grandeur to his rest.
So do thou my son. - Open your
ears, & your eyes, know & choose
what is good, enter the path of
virtue & thou shalt follow it,
for thou shalt find it sweet.
[79]
Thorns are not in it, nor is it
difficult or steep; like the
garden you have now en-
tered, all there is pleasure
& repose. --
The doctrine of
Zeno is sublime; Many great
men shall come from his
school, & an amiable world
from mine. -- Zeno hath
his eye on Man, I, mine
on men - None but Phi-
losophers can be slaves;
Epicureans all may be --
Doctors quarrel more about
words than things, more about
the means than the end
Form your judgements upon
knowledge not report --
57 The perfection of wisdom,
& the end of true Philosophy,
is to proportion our want
to our possessions, our ambi-
tions to our capacities --
59 Ambition is the spur, &
the necessary spur of a
great mind to great action | (seq. 44)[78]
26 The Mode of delivering a truth
makes, for the most part, as
much impression on the mind
of the listener as the truth itself.
It is as hard to receive the
words of wisdom from the un-
gentle, as it is to love, or even
to recognize virtue in the austere.
30 None can drink of the cup of
vice with impunity --
33 But why not answer him?
And so I do. I answer him
in my life. The only way in
which a Philosopher should ever
answer a fool, or as in this
case a knave --
37 Speaking of Mans young soul
It is yet tender, yet pure,
years shall strengthen it -- oh
let them, not sully it! See
that luminary & lovely & glorious in
the dawn, he gathers strength &
beauty to his meridian, & passes
in peace & grandeur to his rest.
So do thou my son. - Open your
ears, & your eyes, know & choose
what is good, enter the path of
virtue & thou shalt follow it,
for thou shalt find it sweet.
[79]
Thorns are not in it, nor is it
difficult or steep; like the
garden you have now en-
tered, all there is pleasure
& repose. --
The doctrine of
Zeno is sublime; Many great
men shall come from his
school, & an amiable world
from mine. -- Zeno hath
his eye on Man, I, mine
on men - None but Phi-
losophers can be slaves;
Epicureans all may be --
Doctors quarrel more about
words than things, more about
the means than the end
Form your judgements upon
knowledge not report --
57 The perfection of wisdom,
& the end of true Philosophy,
is to proportion our want
to our possessions, our ambi-
tions to our capacities --
59 Ambition is the spur, &
the necessary spur of a
great mind to great action |
EN