 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
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1902 - 388 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,...in his forehead, not in his hindhead : man hopes: genim creates. . . . Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 520 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,... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 504 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. To create, — to create, — is the proof of a divine presence. Whatever talents may be, if the man... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - 1904 - 508 pages
...hindhead. Man hopes. Genius creates. To create, — to create, — is the proof of a divine presence. Whatever talents may be, if the man create not, the...his; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. There are creative manners, there are creative actions, and creative words ; manners, actions,... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1905 - 508 pages
...pro3 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... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1906 - 146 pages
...some past utterance of genius. . . . They look backward and not forward. But genius looks forward. Man hopes : genius creates. Whatever talents may be,...; — cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame." And more explicitly still, he says : " Colleges have their indispensable office, — to teach... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...truth or creates. . . . 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;...genius creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man creates not, the pure efflux of the Deity is not his; cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 552 pages
...truth or creates. . . . 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;...genius creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man creates not, the pure efflux of the Deity is not his; cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...is progressive. The book, the college, the school of art, the institution 5 of any kind, stop with some past utterance of genius. This is good, say they,...forehead, not in his hindhead : man hopes : genius 10 creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man create not, the pure efflux ' of the Deity is not his... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1907 - 578 pages
...forehead, not in his hindhead; man hopes, genius creates. Whatever talents may be, if the man creates not, the pure efflux of the Deity is not his; cinders and smoke there may be, but not yet flame. ..... " The world of any moment is the merest appearance. Some jrreat decorum, some fetish of... | |
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