...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...

...artist can entirely exclude the conventional, the local, the perishable from his book." " Hence arises a mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man. Henceforth the chant is divine...

...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...

...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,...

...conversing, "beholding and beholden. The scholar is he of all men whom this spectacle most engages. He must settle its value in his mind. What is nature...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...presently learns, that, since the dawn of history, there has been a constant accumulation and clas6 sifying of facts. But what is classification but the perceiving...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man: henceforth the chant is...

...that he and it proceed from one root ; one is leaf and one is flower ; relation, sympathy, stiring in every vein. And what is that root ? Is not that...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...ancient precept, " Know thyself," and the modern precept, " Study nature," become at last one maxim. IL The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar,...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...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...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...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...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...