...him. That the authentic individual should arrive late to a thought is unimaginable in the early works: "[The] mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces the other," Emerson had written. Pulling apart the synthesis of thought and will, Emerson now renders individual...

...as "favoring or biassed toward" something or someone. Here is Emerson weaving some of this together: Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. ... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to...

...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...

...by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect molds her splendid products The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces the other. When the artist [see Nisbet, 1962] has exhausted his materials, when the fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are...

...active encounter with the world rejuvenated the soul, providing the "raw material" of its invention. "When the artist has exhausted his materials, when...weariness,— he has always the resource to live." 54 The "self-trust" of the scholar rested on the conviction, the hope, that invention uncovered the...

...active encounter with the world rejuvenated the soul, providing the "raw material" of its invention. "When the artist has exhausted his materials, when...books are a weariness, — he has always the resource fo live."54 The "self-trust" of the scholar rested on the conviction, the hope, that invention uncovered...

...of course, Emerson can only do this by contradicting standard ideas of what constitutes real action: 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...

...and confusing passage from The American Scholar about "the great principle of Undulation in nature": "The mind now thinks, now acts and each fit reproduces the other. . . . Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. ... A great soul will be strong to live....

...joy, all but in vain." — Geoffrey SBt-# ,&. "Tomorrow to fresh woods, and pastures new." ' ..' • "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary." - Ralli Waldo Emerson . Iri - , ." -T. s 'Coffee should be black as Hell. strong as death, and sweet...

...know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not.19 And again: "The mind now thinks, now acts, and each fit reproduces the other. . . . Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary."20 Ultimately the role of Man Thinking is...