...; as love of the hero corrupts into worship of his statue. Instantly '//* J THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR 89 the book becomes noxious : the guide is a tyrant....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...

...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 duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon have given; forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young...

...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...

...governor. The sluggish and perverted mind of the multitude, slow to open to the incursions of Reasons, 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...

...this book, stands upon it, and makes an outcry if it is disparaged Colleges are built on it. Rooks are written on it by thinkers, not by Man Thinking...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...

...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 their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon have given; forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young...

...pure thought, that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to cotemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...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...

...creation, — the act of thought, — Is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to lie 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...

...divine man: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit: henceforth it is settled the book is perfect. As love of 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...

...thinkers, not by Man Thinking; by men of talent, that is, who start wrong, who set out from ac5 cepted 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...