 The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul. This every man is entitled to; this every man contains within him, although, in almost all men, obstructed, and as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates....  The American Scholar: An Address - Page 16by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1838 - 536 pages
...orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system." " The soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius ;...there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man. Genius looks forward. Man hopes. Genius creates." " Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...in almost all men, obstructed, and, as yet, unborn. The soul active, sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence it is progressive. The book, the college,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...in almost all men, obstructed, and, as yet, unborn. The soul active, sees absolute truth; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence it is progressive. The book, the college,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 pages
...in almost all men, obstructed, and as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius ;...the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the Bound estate of every man. In its essence, it is orogressive. The book, the college, the school of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 pages
...almost all men, obstructed, and, as yet, unborn. The soul active, sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence it is progressive. The book, the college,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...in almost all men, obstructed, and as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence, it is progressive. The book, the college,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 336 pages
...unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth ; and utters truth, or creates. In this action it is genins ; not the privilege of here and there a favorite, but...institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genins. This is good, say they, — let us hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward and not... | |
 | 1897 - 704 pages
...although in almost all men obstructed, and as yet unborn. The active soul sees absolute truth and utters truth, or creates. In this action it is genius; not...there a favorite but the sound estate of every man." Now I would not attempt to turn every boy into a Shakespeare or a Wordsworth, but I would try to keep... | |
 | James Kernahan - 1880 - 660 pages
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 | William Wirt Kinsley - 1881 - 392 pages
...although in nearly all men obstructed and yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth and utters truth, or creates. In this action it is genius, not...there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man." And, again, EP Whipple says, " If we sharply scrutinize the lives of persons eminent in any department... | |
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