...And thus we realize the truth of those lines of Daniel which Coleridge was so fond of quoting: — " Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man ! " Individual man is weak, ignorant, liable to deceive and be deceived. But the human nature of which...

...all temptations to intellectual pride, feeling that to him also were applicable Daniel's lines — Unless, above himself, he can Erect himself— how poor a thing is man ! And, therefore, deciding that, even for a Shakspere, there is and can be nothing better than to pass...

...all temptations to intellectual pride, feeling that to him also were applicable Daniel's lines — Unless, above himself, he can Erect himself— how poor a thing is man ! And, therefore, deciding that, even for a Shakspere, there is and can be nothing better than to pass...

...not, for the conjunctions you find in them — I fear not wave iv>r wind. Take heed lest you fall. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man. Not a minute stopped or stayed he. His cheeks were not wrinkled, nor dimmed his eagle eye. Not in sheet...

...RELATIONS Cf. Samuel Daniel's Epistle "To the Lady Margaret, Countess of Cumberland," lines 98 and 99: "unless above himself he can / Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!" The passage was a favorite with Coleridge, who had quoted it twice in Aids to Reflection (Complete...

...unlikely. But the lines translated from Seneca that Wordsworth chose to insert in his Excursion, 39 And that unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is Man! B could well serve as an epigraph to Light in August or Absalom, Absalom! But we need not be much puzzled...

...which is higher than himself. Unless this is done, climate, color, race, will avail nothing. " — unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!" For my own part, I believe that the brilliant world of the tropics, with its marvels of nature, must...

...dreaded. He is just that thing. He shows himself superior to nature. He has a spark of divinity in him. "Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man!" Newspaper editors argue also that it is a proof of his insanity that he thought he was appointed to...

...grown familiar with years before. But instead, on one of these walls, in a neat handwriting, I read: "Unless above himself he can erect himself, how poor a thing is man." And below: "No conflict is so severe as his who labors to subdue himself. But in this we must continually...

...dreaded. He is just that thing. He shows himself superior to nature. He has a spark of divinity in him. Unless above himself he can Erect himself, how poor a thing is man! Newspaper editors argue also that it is a proof of his insanity that he thought he was appointed to...