 The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they, — let us hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward and not forward. But genius looks forward : the eyes...  History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar - Page 157by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...down. They look backward and not forward. But genius always looks forward. The eyes of man arc set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...down. They look backward, and not forward; but genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,—let us hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward, and not forward; but genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words ; manners, actions,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...man create not, the pure efflux of the Deity is not his;—cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...truth, or creates. . . The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame •• The world of any moment is the merest appearance. Some great decorum, some fetish of a... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words ; manners, actions,... | |
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...not forward. But genius looks forward, the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. . ^ Undoubtedly there is a right way of reading,... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...truth, or creates. . . The book, the college, the school of art, the inBtitntion of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward aud not forward. But genius looks forward : the eyes of man are bet in his forehead, not in his hindhead... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...truth, or creates. . . The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead : inan hopes : genius creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man creates not, the pure efflux of... | |
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