 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
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 1086 pages
...reflection,' as Newton called them, — ai'e 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... | |
 | Giles Murrel Ruch - 1924 - 216 pages
...stream the long-leaved flowers weep, And from the craggy ledge the poppy hangs in sleep. Selection 15. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. TEST 5 Poetic Inspiration Directions: Below is a list of fifteen phrases which express the sort of... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. 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 - 1926 - 412 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 - 1926 - 398 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton callec them, are the law of nature because they are the law o 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... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Amos Reno Morris, Melvin Theodor Solve, Carlton Frank Wells - 1928 - 612 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... | |
 | Henry Miller - 1969 - 324 pages
...WRITERS " All I have written now appears to me as so much straw." (THOMAS AQUINAS on his deathbed.) " When the artist has exhausted his materials, when...weariness — he has always the resource to live." (RALPH WALDO EMERSON.) "All is marvellous for the poet, all is divine for the saint, all is great for... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1971 - 316 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 - 1983 - 1196 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... | |
 | Edwin Harrison Cady, Louis J. Budd - 1988 - 300 pages
...quotation from Emerson, this time from "The American Scholar," as one of the five epigraphs for the book. " 'When the artist has exhausted his materials, when...thoughts are no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness—he has always the resource to live.'" Such elevating of life over books clearly reinforces... | |
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