The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation — the act of thought — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is... Essays and Poems of Emerson - Page 291by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 525 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1884 - 488 pages
...sentence or two may serve to give an impression of the epigrammatic wisdom of his counsel. " Each age must write its own books, or, rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." When a book has gained a certain hold on the mind, it is liable to become an object of idolatrous regard.... | |
| Charles Frederick Johnson - 1886 - 268 pages
...as persuasively as Emerson the contemporary did to the nineteenth. Emerson himself says, " Each age must write its own books, or rather each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not suit this," and further, " When a book has gained a certain hold on the mind, it is liable to become... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 pages
...respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation...: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to Ihe second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books ; or rather, each generation...: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled, the book is perfect ; as love of the hero... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1892 - 656 pages
...respects, to a remote posterity, as to cotemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books ; or rather, each generation...: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit: henceforward it is settled, the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 608 pages
...sentence or two may serve to give an impression of the epigrammatic wisdom of his counsel. "Each age must write its own books, or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." When a book has gained a certain hold on the mind, it is liable to become an object of idolatrous regard.... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 590 pages
...sentence or two may serve to give an impression of the epigrammatic wisdom of his counsel. "Each age must write its own books, or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." When a book has gained a certain hold on the mind, it is liable to become an object of idolatrous regard.... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1892 - 616 pages
...sentence or two may serve to give an impression of the epigrammatic wisdom of his counsel. "Each age must write its own books, or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not lit this." When a book has gained a certain hold on the mind, it is liable to become an object of idolatrous... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books ; or rather, each generation...: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled, the book is perfect ; as love of the hero... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 pages
...respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation...: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward it is settled the book is perfect ; as love of the hero corrupts... | |
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