...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...divine man: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writerlwas a just and wise spirit: henceforward it is settled the book is perfect; as love of the hero...

...the form of "literature, art, institutions." Great is the Book, but it has a very insidious peril : "the sacredness which attaches to the act of creation...act of thought — is transferred to the record." Hence the letter killeth: the danger of script is prescription. The function of genius is to create:...

...forholdet mellem ord og virkelighed taler Emerson fra et helt andet synspunkt i The American Scholar: The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation — the act of thought, is instantly transferred to the record .... the book is perfect .... Instantly the book becomes noxious....

...books is noble, but each age must write its own books. It is the act of creation that is sacred, not the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man: henceforth the chant is divine also. Instantly the book becomes noxious; the guide is a tyrant, though colleges are built on it. (Can he...

...educative nonsense. So it is with the largest and solemnest things. — EXPERIENCE + Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. AN AMERICAN SCHOLAR A. humorous friend of mine thinks, that the reason why Natureis so perfect in her...

...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...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...

...and cannot die." Richard DeBury— Philobibon. Ch. 1, 21. EC Thomas' trans. "Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." — Emerson. PERSONALS Miss Anna Anderson, formerly of the Chicago Public Library, has been added to...

...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...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit thisj^ Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, the...

...features 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 it;...

...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...will not fit this. Yet hence arises a grave mischief. 20 The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, the act of thought, is transferred to the...