...the scholar by nature, by books, and by action. It remains to say somewhat of his duties. They are such as become Man Thinking. They may all be comprised...cheer, to raise; and to guide men by showing them ja£ts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaUtask oToBservation. Flamsteed and...

...education — nature, books, and action — Emerson proceeds to examine the scholar's duties. "They are such as become Man Thinking. They may all be comprised...cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amid appearances." This being his function, "it becomes him to feel all confidence in himself, and...

...The American Scholar foreshadowed the full conception.13 The Scholar is' Man Thinking'; his office 'is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts among appearances'; he reveals the one design that 'unites and animates the farthest pinnacle and the...

...principles," And then, turning to the way out : "The office of the scholar [ie, of Whitman's literatus] is to cheer, to raise and to guide men by showing them fads amid appearances." Whitman himself, a full generation later, found that office still unfilled....

...responsibility for the development of the quality of public opinion. Emerson once put the mandate clearly : "The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise,...guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances." And for this labor in public affairs, he assured us of an ample reward: "He who puts forth his total...

...responsibility for the development of the quality of public opinion. Emerson once put the mandate clearly : "The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise,...guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances." And for this labor in public affairs, he assured us of an ample reward : "He who puts forth his total...

...handed this challenge to America's learned men: "The office of the scholar," he said, "is to cheer and to raise and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He is the world's eye, and he is the world's heart." Today, as we meet here in this historic East Room,...

...handed this challenge to America's learned men : "The office of the scholar," he said, "is to cheer and to raise and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He is the world's eye, and he is the world's heart." Today, as we meet here in this historic East Room,...

...spirits" that pervaded his personal life also characterized his literary pursuits. As Emerson had written, "The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise,...guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances" (Works 1:100). Emily Dickinson was not the only one who benefited from this kind of cheery guidance,...

...comparison, to invoke briefly the authentic prototype which Stevens parodies. According to Emerson, "The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise,...slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation." Elsewhere he describes him even more grandiosely as "one who raises himself from private considerations...