 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
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...form ; the attorney, a statute book; the mechanic, a machine; the sailor, a rope of a ship. In the distribution of functions the scholar is the delegated...intellect. In the right state he is man thinking." TEACHING AS A PROFESSIONAL LIFE. Summary and Comment by AB Roberts. The subject of Mr. Suzallo's second... | |
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