 of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world,— this shadow of the soul, or...  The American Scholar: Self-reliance; Compensation - Page 30by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 932 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice; but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...is action. Only so much do I know as I have lived." . . . " The mind now thinks ; now acts; and each fit reproduces the other. When the artist has exhausted... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 318 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice; but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...is action. Only so much do I know as I have lived." ..." The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces the other. When the artist has exhausted... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world—this shadow of the soul, or other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world—this shadow of the soul, or other me—lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...— this shadow of the soul, or other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which unlock my thoughts and make me acquainted with myself. I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...— this shadow of the soul, or other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which unlock my thoughts and make me acquainted with myself. I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...— this shadow of the soul, or other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which unlock my thoughts and make me acquainted with myself. I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...whose not. The world, — this shadow of the soul, or THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR. 91 other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which unlock my thoughts... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. The world—this shadow of the soul, or other me, lies wide around. Its attractions are the keys which... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...its beauty. Inaction is cowardice, but there can be no scholar without the heroic mind. The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes...know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too,... | |
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