 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
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 504 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...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is instantly transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man. Henceforth the... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 506 pages
...mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is instantly transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt...man. 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... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 508 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...man: 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... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 460 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...hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which 5932 attaches to the act of creation, — the act of thought, — Is transferred to the record. The... | |
 | William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - 1906 - 286 pages
...respects to a remote posterity as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Bach age, it is found, must write its own books ; or, rather, each generation...man: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit: henceforth it is settled the book is perfect. As love of the hero corrupts... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1906 - 144 pages
...the educational experiences of later generations. I can cite but two of them. He taught that each age must write its own books ; " or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." How true that is in our own day when eighty thousand new books come from the press of the civilized... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1906 - 146 pages
...of the contest over " the higher criticism " are foretold by Emerson in " The American Scholar." " 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 settled the book is perfect. Colleges are built on... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found, 15 must write its own books ; or rather, each generation...attaches to the act of creation, the act of thought, 20 is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant... | |
 | 1908 - 446 pages
...depth of mind from which it issued, so high does it soar, so long does it sing. 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 ; henceforth it is settled the book is perfect. As love of the hero corrupts... | |
 | David Graham - 1908 - 410 pages
...Miscellaneous Essays, vol. iv. p. 111. Emerson. — Emerson writes on this subject with great insight : " The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,...: 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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