 The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they, — let us hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward and not forward. But genius looks forward : the eyes...  History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar - Page 157by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 328 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they, — let us hold by tin's. They pin me down. They look backward and not forward. But genius looks forward ; the eyes of... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1886 - 568 pages
...forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books." " Genius looks forward ; the eyes of man are set in...not in his hindhead ; man hopes, genius creates." " Man thinking " was Emerson's definition of the scholar, and by this he meant the whole man, not the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words ; manners, actions,... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1889 - 572 pages
...forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books." " Genius looks forward ; the eyes of man are set in...not in his hindhead ; man hopes, genius creates." " Man thinking " was Emerson's definition of the scholar, and by this he meant the whole man, not the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 402 pages
...it. is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words ; manners, actions,... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, sav they,—let us hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward...not his; cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions and creative words; manners, actions,... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1888 - 600 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...the eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhcad ; man hopes; genius creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man create not, the pure efllux... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1888 - 1044 pages
...Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books." " Genius looks fonvard ; the eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead ; man hopes, genius creates." " Man thinking " was Emerson's definition of the scholar, and by this he meant the whole man, not the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1892 - 656 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words ; manners, actions,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...it is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...hold by this. They pin me down. They look backward arid not forward. But genius looks forward : the eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead:4... | |
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