One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, " He that would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry out the wealth of the Indies." There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and... Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ... - Seite 78von Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1835 - 616 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...or Shakspeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle, — and all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labour and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...read, in his Plato or Shakspeare, only that least part,—only the authentic utterances of the oracle ; and all the rest he rejects, were it never so... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labour and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...read, in his Plato or Shakspeare, only that least part—only the auOf course, there is a portion of reading quite indispensable to a wise man. History... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...or Shakspeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle; — all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...or Shakspeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle ; — all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...record, perchance, the least part of his volume. The discerningwill read, in his Plato or Shakspeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 298 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labour and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...or Shakspeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle ; and all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labour and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...volume. The discerning will read, in his Plato or Shakespeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle ; — all the rest... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 Seiten
...ngja§_well_jj,s_ja:cativc grj&ag. < When the mind is braced by .labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...volume. The discerning will read, in his Plato or Shakespeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle ; all the rest he... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence...volume. The discerning will read, in his Plato or Shakespeare, only that least part, — only the authentic utterances of the oracle ; all the rest he... | |
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