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
| Charles Francis Richardson - 1893 - 1028 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>. his forehead, not in his hindhead ; man hopes^-V genius creates." "Man thinking " was Emerson's definition of the scholar, and by this he meant... | |
| 1896 - 374 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,...create not, the pure efflux of the Deity is not his ; — 1 Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher and statesman. He tried to recall philosophy... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1897 - 264 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 - 1897 - 268 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,...forward : the eyes of man are set in his forehead, Dot in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man create not, the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 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,... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 390 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,...forehead, not in his hindhead : man hopes: genius creates. . . . Man Thinking must not be subdued by hia instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 142 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,...down. They look backward and not forward. But genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 392 pages
...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 looka forward : the eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius createa.... | |
| Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1901 - 390 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 this. They pi a me down. They look backward and not forward. But genius looks forward : the eyes of man are set... | |
| Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 468 pages
...pro? gressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the instij ^tution of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius? (This is good, say...of the Deity is not his ; cinders and smoke there maybe, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words... | |
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