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" Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,— the act of... "
The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: In Two Volumes - Page 48
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875
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The Western Messenger, Volume 4

James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1837 - 440 pages
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The Microcosm: Or, Little World of Home, Volumes 1-3

1835 - 616 pages
...pure thought that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to (»temporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...own books ; or rather, each generation for the next sueceeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The...
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The Boston Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1838 - 536 pages
...artist can entirely exclude the conventional, the local, the perishable from his book." " Hence arises a mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act...transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man. Henceforth the chant is divine also." " Instantly, the book becomes noxious. Colleges...
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Essays, Lectures and Orations

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...him,— immortal thoughts. It came to him,—business ; it went from him,—poetry. It was,—dead fact; now, it is quick thought. It can stand, and...mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,—the act of thought,—is instantly transferred to the record. The poet, chanting, was felt...
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Essays, orations and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...thought, that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather, to the second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or, rather, F2 each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. Hence,...
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Nature; Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 pages
...institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the best type of the influence of the past, and perhaps we shall get at the truth, — learn the amount of this...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the best type of the influence of the past, and perhaps we shall get at the truth, — learn the amount of this...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward...
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Miscellanies: Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 pages
...ii now flies, it now inspires. Precisely in proportion to the depth of mind from which it issued, sc high does it soar, so long does it sing. Or, I might...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward...
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Miscellanies, Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 pages
...in proportion to the depth of mind from which it issued, SP high does it soar, so long does it sing. I might say, it depends on how far the process had...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit: henceforward...
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Orations, Lectures and Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...can by any means make a perfect vacuum, so neither can any artist entirely exclude the coventional, the local, the perishable from his book, or write...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is instantly transferred to the record. The poet, chanting, was felt to be a divine man ; henceforth,...
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