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" What is the right use? What is the one end which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than to be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one... "
Miscellanies, Embracing Nature, Addresses, and Lectures - Page 86
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 383 pages
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Orations from Homer to William McKinley, Volume 14

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 468 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...the privilege of here and there a favorite, but .the sound estate of every man. In its essence, it is pro? gressive. The book, the college, the school of...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 520 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul....the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art,...
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Modern English Prose

George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 504 pages
...system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul, — the soul, free, sovereign, active. This every man is entitled to ; this every man contains...the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence, it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of...
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The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: society & solitude. Letters & social aims ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 564 pages
...brbit~and made "a 'satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active gQul. This every man is entitled to : this every man contains...is genius ; not the privilege of here and there a favourite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence, it is progressive. The book, the college,...
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Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 14

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 460 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...the privilege of here and there a favorite, but the sound estate of every man. In its essence, it is pro? gressive. The book, the college, the school of...
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Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders ..., Volume 14

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 508 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...obstructed, and as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolnte truth; and litters truth, or creates. In this action, it is genius; not the privilege of here...
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The World's Famous Orations, Volume 8

William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - 1906 - 286 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...is entitled to; this every man contains within him, altho, in almost all men, obstructed, and as yet unborn. The soul active sees absolute truth, and utters...
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Centenary Edition [of the Writings of Theodore Parker], Volume 8

Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...sees absolute truth, and utters truth or creates. . . . The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind stop with some past utterance...
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The Works of Theodore Parker: The American scholar

Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...sees absolute truth, and utters truth or creates. . . . The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind stop with some past utterance...
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The American Scholar

Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system. The one thing in the world of value is the active soul. This...sees absolute truth, and utters truth or creates. . . . The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind stop with some past utterance...
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