...Emerson das gesamte intellektuelle Leben in Amerika befallen, darin eingeschlossen das Bildungssystem. „We imitate; and what is imitation but the travelling...with foreign Ornaments; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Fast and Distant." (CW 2, 47). Für Robert Weisbuch sind dies Kennzeichen...

...whole intellectual action. The intellect is vagabond, and our system of education fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are forced to stay...with foreign ornaments; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Past and the Distant. The soul created the arts wherever they have...

...from the true self, corrupting the intellect: "We imitate; and what is imitation but the traveling of the mind? Our houses are built with foreign taste;...with foreign ornaments; our opinions, our tastes, our faculties, lean, and follow the Past and the Distant" (p. 198). Imitating exemplars is not only a counterfeit...

...the universal system of edueation fosters restlessness. Our minds travel when our bodies are foreed to stay at home. We imitate; and what is imitation...ornaments; our opinions, our tastes, our whole minds, lean to, and follow the past and the distant as the eyes of a maid follow her mistress. The soul ereated...

...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;...with 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....