 Thinking, the theory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her monitory pictures ; him the past instructs ; him the future invites. Is not indeed every man a student, and do not all things exist for the student's behoof?...  Complete Works - Page 88by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899Full view - About this book
 | Thomas J. Scheff - 1990 - 231 pages
...instructs; him the future invites. Is not, indeed, every man a student, and do not all things exist for the student's behoof? And, finally, is not the true scholar the only true master? — Emerson, "The American Scholar" lEmphasis added, but I have left the male language uncorrected]... | |
 | Richard P. Horwitz - 2001 - 420 pages
...instructs; him the future invites. Is not, indeed, every man a student, and do not all things exist for the student's behoof? And, finally, is not the true scholar...him in reference to the main influences he receives. /. The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.... | |
 | Stanley Cavell, David Justin Hodge - 2003 - 300 pages
...doubleness, of worlds, of words, offers a reading of a saying Emerson invokes in "The American Scholar": "But the old oracle said, 'All things have two handles: beware of the wrong one.'"6 The oracle's saying itself has two handles, for beyond the warning to stop and think of another... | |
 | Kenneth Sacks - 2003 - 426 pages
...instructs. Him the future invites. Is not, indeed, every man a student, and do not all things exist for the student's behoof? And, finally, is not the true scholar the only true master? But, as the old oracle said, "All things have two handles. Beware of the wrong one." In life, too often,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 264 pages
...the future invites. Is not indeed every man a student, and do not all things exist for the students behoof? And, finally, is not the true scholar the only true master? 8 In the summer of 1827 Emerson spent much of his time roaming the hills and fields of the Concord... | |
 | J. Edward Kellough, Lloyd G. Nigro - 2006 - 358 pages
...services can be privatized and its protections for remaining employees circumscribed. 15 Conclusion The old oracle said, "All things have two handles: beware of the wrong one." The difficulty, of course, is deciding which is which. The civil service reform debate in Florida and... | |
 | David Anderegg - 2007 - 300 pages
...society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. . . . But the old oracle said, "All things have two handles:...life, too often, the scholar errs with mankind and forleits his privilege. Scholars are not special, Emerson lets us know; they're just as likely as anyone... | |
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