 | 1835 - 616 Seiten
...pure thought that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to (»temporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...own books ; or rather, each generation for the next sueceeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The... | |
 | 1838 - 536 Seiten
...artist can entirely exclude the conventional, the local, the perishable from his book." " Hence arises a mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act...transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man. Henceforth the chant is divine also." " Instantly, the book becomes noxious. Colleges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 Seiten
...him,— immortal thoughts. It came to him,—business ; it went from him,—poetry. It was,—dead fact; now, it is quick thought. It can stand, and...mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,—the act of thought,—is instantly transferred to the record. The poet, chanting, was felt... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 Seiten
...thought, that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather, to the second age. Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or, rather, F2 each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. Hence,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 414 Seiten
...institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the best type of the influence of the past, and perhaps we shall get at the truth, — learn the amount of this...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 Seiten
...institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the best type of the influence of the past, and perhaps we shall get at the truth, — learn the amount of this...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1860 - 410 Seiten
...ii now flies, it now inspires. Precisely in proportion to the depth of mind from which it issued, sc high does it soar, so long does it sing. Or, I might...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 Seiten
...in proportion to the depth of mind from which it issued, SP high does it soar, so long does it sing. I might say, it depends on how far the process had...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit: henceforward... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 Seiten
...can by any means make a perfect vacuum, so neither can any artist entirely exclude the coventional, the local, the perishable from his book, or write...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is instantly transferred to the record. The poet, chanting, was felt to be a divine man ; henceforth,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 Seiten
...thought, that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit : henceforward... | |
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,— the act of... 
