 The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces the other. When the artist has exhausted his materials, when the fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are no longer apprehended and books are a weariness — he has always the resource to live.  Essays, orations and lectures - Page 60by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1906 - 418 pages
...ruled my own household well, I had no right to go trying to do good out of doors. — George Macdonald. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary. — Emerson. THE No. 12 VISIBLE " ill the Wtrk In Sight all the Time The Hammond is adapted for The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks, now acts, and each fit repro15 duces the other. When the artist has exhausted his materials,...is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. 20 Living is the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live,... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...and reflection," as Newton called them, ati^the law of Nature because they are the law of spirit. » The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 496 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of Nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of Nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces...thoughts are no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness,—he has always the resource to live. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...reflection," as Newton0 called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. 28. The mind now thinks, now acts, and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to 5 live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...and reflection," as Newton4 called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks ; now acts ; and each fit reproduces the other. A! When the artist has exhausted his materials, when the 20 fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are... | |
 | Ira Woods Howerth - 1912 - 272 pages
...strength. He is no longer a mere laborer ; he is a Man. And so the artist, as Emerson says, " when he has exhausted his materials, when the fancy no longer...no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness, — has always the resource to live." The spirit of the artist and artistic labor necessarily involve... | |
 | Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1913 - 444 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - 1915 - 518 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of Nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
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