 | University of Colorado. Department of Psychology and Education - 1902 - 588 pages
...could be spared without serious detriment to the progress of humanity. "Meek young men," says Emerson, "grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, and Bacon have given; forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 532 pages
...thinkers, not by Man Thinking ; by men of talent, that is, who start wrong, who set out from .accepted dogmas, not from their own sight of principles. Meek...young men in libraries when they wrote these books. 1 Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence the book-learned class, who value books,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 520 pages
...thinkers, not by Man Thinking ; by men of talent, that is, who start wrong, who set out from accepted dogmas, not from their own sight of principles. Meek...only young men in libraries when they wrote these books.1 Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence the book-learned class, who value... | |
 | 1903 - 772 pages
...are our gods.' Or, lastly, this on selfreliance, which was a great stimulus to me personally, ' Weak young men grow up in libraries, believing it their...young men in libraries when they wrote these books.' Nowhere, indeed, will you find greater penetration and profundity, greater refinement and delicacy... | |
 | University of Colorado. Department of Psychology and Education - 1903 - 564 pages
...could be spared without serious detriment to the progress of humanity. "Meek young men," says Emerson, "grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, and Bacon have given; forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 pages
...conventional demands seem easy in comparison. Cf. The American Scholar I and II, part of which is: "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it...Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote those books." NOTE 73. Cf. Robert Browning's Popularity, part of whieh is,— •• And there's the... | |
 | 1905 - 848 pages
...self-reliance is indispensable. ' Meek young men,' says Emerson, ' grow up in libraries, believing it to be their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon have given; forgetting that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were but young men in libraries when they wrote these books.'... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...of literature, afraid lest the youth become a bookworm and not a man thinking. But how well he says: "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it...Hence, instead of man thinking, we have the bookworm. "Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...of literature, afraid lest the youth become a bookworm and not a man thinking. But how well he says: "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it...Hence, instead of man thinking, we have the bookworm. " Books are the best of things, well used ; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...of literature, afraid lest the youth become a bookworm and not a man thinking. But how well he says: "Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it...Hence, instead of man thinking, we have the bookworm. " Books are the best of things, well used ; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is... | |
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Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given ; forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books. 
