In this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. Essays and English Traits - Page 6by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...a form ; the attorney a statute-book ; the mechanic a machine ; the sailor a rope of the ship. ^ In this distribution of functions the scholar is the...thinking. ~] In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the rneory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her monitory pictures... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 674 pages
...becomes a form ; the attorney a statute-book ; the mechanic a machine; the sailor a rope of the ship. In this distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he ia Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 pages
...statute-book ; tliu mechanic a machine ; the sailor a rope of the "lii|>. In this distribution of funetions the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state he is ; Mnn Thinkiny. In the degenerate 'state, when the vietim of socicty, he tends to become a mere thinker,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 328 pages
...becomes a form ; the attorney, a statutebook ; the mechanic, a machine ; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the...contained. Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her mouitory pictures ; him the past instructs ; him the future invites. Is not, indeed, every man a student,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 pages
...becomes a form ; the attorney a statute-book ; the mechanic a machine ; the sailor a rope of the ship. In this distribution of functions the scholar is the...still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. In thisjview of_him, as_ Man Thinking^tbe. the: ory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with... | |
| 1921 - 558 pages
...engineer, but he is all. Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. . . . In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the...intellect. In the right state he is Man Thinking." The appreciation of Emerson as a poet in this volume lags behind the enthusiasm displayed for his gentle... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...a form ; the attorney, a statute book ; the mechanic, a machine ; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the...tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot2 of other men's thinking. In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the theory of his office is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 142 pages
...becomes a form ; the attorney a statutebook ; the mechanic a machine ; the sailor a rope of the ship. In this distribution of functions the scholar is the...thinking. In this view of him, as Man Thinking, the whole theory of his office is contained. Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her monitory... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 392 pages
...individuals, each of whom aims to do his stint of the joint work, whilst each other performs his. ... In this distribution of functions the scholar is the...or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. . . . " Books are the beat of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use ? What... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 390 pages
...individuals, each of whom aims to do his stint of the joint work, whilst each other performs his. ... In this distribution of functions the scholar is the...or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking. . . . "Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use ? What... | |
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