 | 1835 - 616 sider
...mistaken, and that is the delight we have received from its repeated perusal.] THE theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...the world around ; brooded thereon ; gave it the new arrange, ment of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him — life ; it went out from him... | |
 | 1838 - 536 sider
...Its laws are the laws of his own mind." The next teacher of the scholar is " the mind of the Past." " The scholar of the first age received into him the...shortlived actions ; it went out from him — immortal thoughts. It came to him — business; it went out from him — poetry. It was — dead fact ; now,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 sider
...amount of this influence more conveniently,— by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him—life; it went out from him—truth. It came to him—short-lived actions; it went out from him—immortal... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 sider
...amount of this influence ' more conveniently,—by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...of his own mind, and uttered it again. It came into him,—life ; it went out from him,—truth. It came to him,—short-lived actions ; it went out from... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 sider
...amount of this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...short-lived actions ; it went out from him, immortal thoughts. It came to him, business ; it went from him, poetry. It was dead fact ; now, it is quick... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 sider
...the Reformer," and " The Young American." We select a few sentences from these. " The theory of Books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...uttered it again. It came into him — life ; it went from him — truth. It came to him — shortlived actions ; it went from him — immortal thoughts.... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 sider
...Reformer," and " The Young American." We select a few sentences from these.* " The theory of Books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...uttered it again. It came into him — life ; it went from him — truth. It came to him — shortlived actions ; it went from him — immortal thoughts.... | |
 | Samuel Neil - 1853 - 314 sider
...approbation, that they are now become proverbial in philosophy." — BEATTIK. " The scholar of the first ages received into him the world around ; brooded thereon...— life; it went out from him — truth. * * * It was dead fact; now it is quick thought. * * * In proportion to the completeness of the distillation,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 sider
...amount of this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...short-lived actions ; it went out from him, immortal thoughts. It came to him, business ; it went from him, poetry. It was dead fact; now, it is quick thought... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 sider
...amount of this influence more conveniently, — by considering their value alone. The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into...short-lived actions; it went out from him, immortal thoughts. It came to him, business ; it went from him, poetry. It was dead fact ; now, it is quick... | |
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The theory of books is noble. The scholar of the first age received into him the world around; brooded thereon; gave it the new arrangement of his own mind and uttered it again. It came into him life; it went out from him truth. It came to him short-lived... 
