...in the world, of value, is the active soul." In this perspective we can understand him when he says, "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary."30 Thinking transcends thought, but living is supreme over thinking. These are necessary...

...is no different from Emerson's world to our own: heroism follows from character; it is a world where "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the...be strong to live, as well as strong to think.""' On what is the heroic character founded? "Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, Night and her stars....

...all. "The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power." And again: "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." 14 In current terms, "The American...

...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...

...or habitual way of being. And this resonates with Emerson's observation in "The American Scholar": "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary" (CW1, 61). The point merits underscoring because, as I've already noted, what Emerson offers is less...