 Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is 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 his truths?  Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 327by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...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. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 pages
...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...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 impart his truth? He can still... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 pages
...and each fit reproduces the other. A! When the artist has exhausted his materials, when the 20 fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are no longer apprehended,...— he has always the resource to live. Character Js higheF^than. intellect.. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. The stream retreats... | |
 | Ira Woods Howerth - 1912 - 272 pages
...is a Man. And so the artist, as Emerson says, " when he has exhausted his materials, when the fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness, — has always the resource to live." The spirit of the artist and artistic labor necessarily involve... | |
 | Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert - 1912 - 702 pages
...thing connected with intellect is permanent. — WILLIAM ROSCOE. Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think. — RW EMERSON. INTEMPERANCE. Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad... | |
 | Edwin Gordon Lawrence - 1913 - 444 pages
...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,...think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart his truths? He can still fall back on this elemental force of living them. This is a total act. Thinking... | |
 | Norman Foerster - 1915 - 406 pages
...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...think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart his truths? He can still fall back on this elemental force of living them. This is a total act. Thinking... | |
 | James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - 1915 - 518 pages
...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,...think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart his truths? He can still fall back on this elemental force of living them. This is a total act. Thin king... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons - 1915 - 492 pages
...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...think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart his truths? He can still fall back on this elemental force of living them. This is a total act. Thinking... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1916 - 798 pages
...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,...are a weariness, — he has always the resource to line. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. The... | |
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