...and European capitals. Thus far our holiday has been simply a friendly sign of the survival of the love of letters amongst a people too busy to give...sign of an indestructible instinct. Perhaps the time has already come when it ought to be and will be something else; when 'the sluggard intellect of this...

...partially achieved when Emerson spoke those memorable words : — " Perhaps the time is already come . . . when the sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids and fulfill the postponed expectation of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical...

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...partially achieved when Emerson spoke those memorable words : — " Perhaps the time is already come . . . when the sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids and fulfill the postponed expectation of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical...

...bugle call of 1837 : "Our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands draws to a close. . . . The sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids." Whitman's later work, and especially his prose, often expresses in inspiring fashion the exultant vigor,...

...says, "our holiday has been simply a friendly sign of the survival of the love of letters amongst J a people too busy to give to letters any more. As...look from under its iron lids and fill the postponed expectations of the world with something better than the exertions of mechanical skill. Our day of...

...and European capitals. Thus far our holiday has been simply a friendly sign of the survival of the love of letters amongst a people too busy to give...sign of an indestructible instinct. Perhaps the time has already come when it ought to be and will be something else; when 'the sluggard intellect of this...

...Declaration of Independence, and in which he expressed the hope that "perhaps the time is already come . . . when the sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids and fulfil the postponed ex-, pectation of the world with something better" than the exertions of a mechanical...

...and European capitals. Thus far, our holiday has been simply a friendly sign of the survival of the love of letters amongst a people too busy to give to letters any more. As such it is pre- 10 cious as the sign of an indestructible instinct. Perhaps the time is already come when it ought...

...bugle call of 1837 : "Our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands draws to a close. . . . The sluggard intellect of this continent will look from under its iron lids." Whitman's later work, and especially his prose, often expresses in inspiring fashion the exultant vigor,...