| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...man is an unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he- could net borrow. If any body will tell me whom the great man imitates in the original...will tell him who else than himself can teach him. Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned thee, and thou... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every great man is an unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. If any body will tell me whom the great man imitates in the original crisis when he performs a great act,... | |
| 1842 - 740 pages
...revolve by the gravitation of spirits. Who has less, I rule with like facility.' — Essay ii., p. 70. ' The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. * * * Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare.' — Ib., p. 84. This is an orthodox... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that...will tell him who else than himself can teach him. Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned thee, and thou... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every great man is an unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. If any body will tell me whom the great man imitates in the original crisis when he performs a great act,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton. Every great man is an unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. If any body will tell me whom the great man imitates in the original crisis when he performs a great act,... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton. Every great man is an unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. If any body will tell me whom the great man imitates in the original crisis when he performs a great act,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...master who could have instructed Franklin, or Washington, or Bacon, or Newton ? Every great man is a unique. The Scipionism of Scipio is precisely that part he could not borrow. Shakspeare will never be made by the study of Shakspeare. Do that which is assigned you, and you cannot... | |
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