...endorsement of what they fancy he may have been saying, or with, " Do you know Mr. Alcott, I think thus and so," — some whim or sentimentalism ; and do...not know that all they have in their baby brains is spotty and incoherent, that all that he sees and says is like astronomy, lying there real and vast,...

...endorsement of what they fancy he may have been saying, or with ' Do you know Mr. Alcott I think thus and so,' — some whim or sentimentalism, and do not...says is like astronomy, lying there real and vast, every part and fact in eternal connection with the whole, and that they ought to sit in silent gratitude,...

...expects heroism and poetry in all," Emerson said. "As pure intellect, I have never seen his equal. All he sees and says is like astronomy, lying there real and vast. He was the most extraordinary man and the highest genius of his time." All this praise was undeserved....

...intellect I have never seen his equal. The people with whom he talks do not ever understand him ; ... do not know that all they have in their baby brains...says is like astronomy, lying there real and vast, every part and fact in eternal connection with the whole. The truth is that Alcott is in a way a caricature...

...intellect I have never seen his equal. The people with whom he talks do not ever understand him ; ... do not know that all they have in their baby brains...says is like astronomy, lying there real and vast, every part and fact in eternal connection with the whole. The truth is that Alcott is in a way a caricature...

...have seen his equal. The people interrupt him with " Do you know, Mr. Alcott, I think thus and so," and do not know that they have interrupted his large...astronomy, lying there real and vast, and every part in eternal connection with the whole, and that they ought to sit in silent gratitude, eager only to...