The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the world around ; brooded thereon ; gave it the new arrangement of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him life ; it went out from him truth. It came to him short-lived... Emerson: And Other Essays - Page 18by John Jay Chapman - 1898 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 616 pages
...sure that we are not mistaken, and that is the delight we have received from its repeated perusal.] THE theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first...the world around ; brooded thereon ; gave it the new arrange, ment of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him — life ; it went out from him... | |
| 1838 - 536 pages
...Its laws are the laws of his own mind." The next teacher of the scholar is " the mind of the Past." " The scholar of the first age received into him the...into him — life ; it went out from him — truth. It came to him — shortlived actions ; it went out from him — immortal thoughts. It came to him... | |
| 1847 - 910 pages
...and yet exist singly in their " mighty orb." " The theory of books," says Emerson, most eloquently, " is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...came into him, life ; it went out from him, truth. It came to him, short-lived actions ; it went out from him — immortal thought. It came to him, business... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...truth,—learn the amount of this influence ' more conveniently,—by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first...of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him,—life ; it went out from him,—truth. It came to him,—short-lived actions ; it went out from... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...truth,— learn the amount of this influence more conveniently,— by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first...of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him—life; it went out from him—truth. It came to him—short-lived actions; it went out from him—immortal... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...truth, — learn the amount of this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first...came into him, life; it went out from him, truth. It came to him, short-lived actions; it went out from him, immortal thoughts. It came to him, business... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...of Nature," "Man the Reformer," and " The Young American." We select a few sentences from these.* " The theory of Books is noble. The scholar of the first...uttered it again. It came into him — life ; it went from him — truth. It came to him — shortlived actions ; it went from him — immortal thoughts.... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...of Nature," "Man the Keformer," and " The Young American." We select a few sentences from these. " The theory of Books is noble. The scholar of the first...uttered it again. It came into him — life ; it went from him — truth. It came to him — shortlived actions ; it went from him — immortal thoughts.... | |
| Samuel Neil - 1853 - 314 pages
...approbation, that they are now become proverbial in philosophy." — BEATTIK. " The scholar of the first ages received into him the world around ; brooded thereon...into him. — life; it went out from him — truth. * * * It was dead fact; now it is quick thought. * * * In proportion to the completeness of the distillation,... | |
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