 We imitate; and what is imitation but the travelling of the mind? Our houses are built with foreign taste; our shelves are garnished with foreign ornaments; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties lean, and follow the Past and the Distant.  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 51 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...foreign ornaments ; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Past and the Distant. The soul created the arts wherever they have... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 576 pages
...intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and the universal system of education fosters restlessness. w/ Tha soul created the arts wherever they have flourished. It was in his own mind that the artist sought... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1879 - 582 pages
...intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and the universal system of education fosters restlessness. in Tim soul created the arts wherever they have flourished. It was in his own mind that the artist sought... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home. We imitate ; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind? Our houses are built with foreign taste...foreign ornaments ; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean and follow the past and the distant. The soul created the arts wherever they have flourished.... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...at home. We imitate; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 350 pages
...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...foreign ornaments ; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Past and the Distant. The soul created the arts wherever they have... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 356 pages
...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...foreign ornaments ; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Past and the Distant. The soul created the arts wherever they have... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...at home. We imitate ; and what is imitation but the travelling1 of the mind? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign... | |
 | 1885 - 812 pages
...fast to where they were, like an axis of the earth." " Traveling is a fool's paradise." And again: "Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay at home. We imitate ; and what is imitation but traveling of the mind ? Our houses are built with foreign taste ; our shelves are garnished with foreign... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...foreign ornaments ; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Past and the Distant. The soul created the arts wherever they have... | |
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