Select Writings of Ralph Waldo EmersonW. Scott, 1888 - 351 pages |
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Page 269
... genius to retreat from work , and in- dulge himself ? The popular literary creed seems to be , ' I am a sublime genius ; I ought not therefore to labour . ' But genius is the power to labour better and more availably . Deserve thy genius ...
... genius to retreat from work , and in- dulge himself ? The popular literary creed seems to be , ' I am a sublime genius ; I ought not therefore to labour . ' But genius is the power to labour better and more availably . Deserve thy genius ...
Page 323
... 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 of man are set in his forehead , not in his hindhead : man hopes : genius creates ...
... 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 of man are set in his forehead , not in his hindhead : man hopes : genius creates ...
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... genius of Goldsmith , Burns , Cowper , and , in a newer time , of Goethe , Wordsworth , and Carlyle . This idea they ... genius of the ancients . There is one man of genius , who has done much for this philosophy of life , whose literary ...
... genius of Goldsmith , Burns , Cowper , and , in a newer time , of Goethe , Wordsworth , and Carlyle . This idea they ... genius of the ancients . There is one man of genius , who has done much for this philosophy of life , whose literary ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | vii |
FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND I | 1 |
RACE AND ABILITY II | 11 |
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