Instantly the book becomes noxious; the guide is a tyrant. The sluggish and perverted mind of the multitude, slow to open to the incursions of Reason, having once so opened, having once received this book, stands upon it and makes an outcry if it is disparaged.... The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 21by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 674 pages
...is settled the book is perfect; as love of the hero corrupts into worship of his statue. Instantlv the book becomes noxious: the guide is a tyrant. The...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 394 pages
...tyrant. The sluggish and perverted mind of the multitude, slow to open to the incursions of lieason, having once so opened, having once received this book,...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...thinkers, not by Man Thinking ; by men of talent, that is, who start wrong, who set out from accep^ dogmas, not from their own sight of principles. Meek...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... | |
| Moncure Daniel Conway - 1883 - 344 pages
...liberated himself from all authorities. In his first lecture at Harvard University (1837) he said: "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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 398 pages
...so will the purity and imperishableness of the product be. But none is quite perfect. As no air-pump can by any means make a perfect vacuum, so neither...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 410 pages
..."rMt''"p^ — the act of thought, — is transferred^ to .. tUe record. The chanting was felt to bo a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also....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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 328 pages
...makes an outcry, if it is disparaged. Colleges are built on it. Books are written on it by think, ers, not by Man Thinking; by men of talent, that is, who...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... | |
| Charles Frederick Johnson - 1886 - 268 pages
...this book, stands upon it, and makes an outcry if it is disparaged. Colleges are built upon it. ... 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... | |
| Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 pages
...customs of the preceding age ; one's own view of duty should not be shadowed by other men's views." " 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 pages
...so will the purity and imperishableness of the product be. But none is quite perfect. As no airpump can by any means make a perfect vacuum, so neither...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... | |
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