 | Hugh Ridley - 2007 - 319 pages
...relationship between speculative thought or artistic creation and 'the world'. Of this world Emerson says: 'It is the raw material out of which the intellect...thought, as a mulberry leaf is converted into satin.' As was his habit, Emerson continues to ride the metaphor, the grub can unfurl 'beautiful wings' and... | |
 | Jacqueline Field, Marjorie Senechal, Madelyn Shaw - 2007 - 372 pages
...taught us how the pieces fit together. This is our patchwork quilt. CHAPTER 2 Jamestown to Ylorihampton A strange process too, this, by which experience is...satin. The manufacture goes forward at all hours. RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1837 EMERSON'S CAMBRIDGE AUDITORS surely grasped his thread; many, no doubt, raised... | |
 | Randall Fuller - 2007 - 232 pages
...distinguishes between past and present deeds in a passage that can best be described as rhapsodic: The actions and events of our childhood and youth, are now matters of calmest observation. They are like fair pictures in the air. Not so with our recent actions, — with the business which we now... | |
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The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this by which experience is converted into thought, as a mulberry... 
