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" The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the world around; brooded thereon; gave it the new arrangement of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him, life; it went out from him, truth. It came to him, short-lived... "
Emerson's Complete Works: Nature, addresses and lectures - Page 89
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887
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The Florence of Landor

Lilian Whiting - 1905 - 388 pages
...had befallen him. EMERSON. -' ENTRANCE TO GROUNDS OF VILLA LANDOR. VI « IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS." It came into him, life ; it went out from him, truth...actions ; it went out from him, immortal thoughts. EMERSON. Ix the entire range of English literature there is nothing, except Shakespeare, so remarkable...
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THE FLORENCE OF LANDOR

LILIAN WHITING - 1905 - 394 pages
...what had befallen him. EMERSON. ENTRANCE TO {(ROUNDS OK VILLA LANDOR. VI « IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS." It came into him, life ; it went out from him, truth...actions ; it went out from him, immortal thoughts. EMERSON. IN the entire range of English literature there is nothing, except Shakespeare, so remarkable...
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The World's Famous Orations, Volume 8

William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - 1906 - 286 pages
...this influence more conveniently — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the...uttered it again. It came into him, life ; it went ou£ from him, truth. It came to him, short-lived actions ; it went out from him, immortal thoughts....
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Select Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the world around ; brooded 25 thereon ; gave it the new arrangement of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him life...
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Select Essays and Addresses: Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. 15 11. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the...to him short-lived actions ; it went out from him 20 immortal thoughts. It came to him business; it went from him poetry. It was dead fact ; now, it...
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The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation,

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the...arrangement of his own mind, and uttered it again. It 25 came into him, life ; it went out from him, truth. It came to him, short-lived actions ; it went...
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A Progressive Course in English for Secondary Schools: Second Year Book

Charles Maurice Stebbins - 1912 - 278 pages
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Public Libraries, Volume 17

1912 - 544 pages
...of the voiceful sea." so that the life of those stormy days portrayed itself in song? Emerson says "the scholar of the first age received into him the world around. It came into him life : it went out from him truth." Arnold of Rugby understood the true relation of...
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The World's Progress ...

Delphian Society, Chicago - 1913 - 614 pages
...this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the...into him life; it went out from him truth. It came to bim short-lived actions; it went out from him immortal thoughts. It came to him business; it went from...
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How to Master the Spoken Word: Designed as a Self-instructor for All who ...

Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1913 - 446 pages
...positive statement that " The theory of books is noble." He follows this with the concluding series, " The scholar of the first age received into him the...arrangement of his own mind and uttered it again." Then comes the double contrast, " It came into him, life; it went out from him, truth." This is followed...
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