The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1904 |
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... scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , " All things have two handles : beware of the wrong one . ” In life , too often , the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege . Let us see him in his school , and ...
... scholar the only true master ? But the old oracle said , " All things have two handles : beware of the wrong one . ” In life , too often , the scholar errs with mankind and forfeits his privilege . Let us see him in his school , and ...
Page 94
... scholar should be a recluse , a valetudinarian , - as unfit for any handiwork or public labor as a penknife for an axe . The so - called " practical men sneer at speculative men , as if , because they speculate or see , they could do ...
... scholar should be a recluse , a valetudinarian , - as unfit for any handiwork or public labor as a penknife for an axe . The so - called " practical men sneer at speculative men , as if , because they speculate or see , they could do ...
Page 418
... scholar to read a little proudly . " He soon found in a book the passages written for him and lightly passed over the others . Page 95 , note 1. In the addresses called The Man of Letters " and " The Scholar , " which are included in ...
... scholar to read a little proudly . " He soon found in a book the passages written for him and lightly passed over the others . Page 95 , note 1. In the addresses called The Man of Letters " and " The Scholar , " which are included in ...
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