 If it were only for a vocabulary, the scholar would be covetous of action. Life is our dictionary. Years are well spent in country labors; in town; in the insight into trades and manufactures; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in science...  The American Scholar: Self-reliance. Compensation - Page 28by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 108 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 386 pages
...dictionary. Years are well spent in country labors ; in town ; in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy... | |
 | 1899 - 136 pages
...Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom. Inaction is cowardice. Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis - 1900 - 616 pages
...dictionary. Years are well spent in country labors ; in town ; in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy... | |
 | Lewis Worthington Smith, James Eames Thomas - 1900 - 332 pages
...Years are well spent in country labors; in town, — in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...splendor of his speech. Life lies behind us as the quarry whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges... | |
 | Edwin Herbert Lewis - 1900 - 318 pages
...and so defends it. spent in country labors ; in town ; in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...all their facts a language by which to illustrate anil embody our perceptions. I learn immediately from any speaker how much he has already lived, through... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 142 pages
...dictionary. Years are well spent in country labors ; in town ; in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy... | |
 | Lewis Worthington Smith, James Eames Thomas - 1901 - 436 pages
...Years are well spent in country labors ; in town, — in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...splendor of his speech. Life lies behind us as the quarry whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...country labors; in town; in the insight into trades 'and manufactures; in frank intercourse with imany men and women; in science; in art; ' to the one end...by which to illustrate and embody our perceptions. . (j learn immediately from any speaker how much he has already lived, through the poverty or the splendor... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 468 pages
...dictionary. Years are well spent in country labors ; in town, in the insight into trades and manufactures ; in frank intercourse with many men and women ; in...behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and cope-stones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy... | |
 | George Riddle - 1902 - 648 pages
...dictionary. Years are well spent in country labors; in town, — in the insight into trades and manufactures; in frank intercourse with many men and women; in science;...behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and cope-stones for the masonry of to-day. This is the way to learn grammar. Colleges and books only copy... | |
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