...principles." And then, turning to the way out: "The office of the scholar (ie, of Whitman's 'literatus') is to cheer, to raise and to guide men by showing them facts amid appearances." Whitman himself, a full generation later, found that office still unfilled. "Our...

...popular judgments and modes of action. I nave now; spoken of tlje education of the scholar by A- natute, by books, and by action. It remains to say somewhat...Thinking. They may all be comprised in self-trust. iThe office of the scholar is to cheej, to raise, and. to guide-men by showing them facts amidst appearancesj...

...for the sake of wider activity sacrifice any opinion to the popular judgments and modes of action. I have now spoken of the education of the scholar by nature, by books, and by acjion. It remains to say somewhat of his"3uties. They are such as become Man Thinking. They may all...

...of the scholar by 30 nature, by books, and by action. It remains to say somewhat of his duties. 30. They are such as become Man Thinking. They may all...cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facta amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaid task of observation. Flamsteed0...

...principles." And then, turning to the way out: "The office of the scholar (ie, of Whitman's 'literatus') is to cheer, to raise and to guide men by showing them facts amid appearances." Whitman himself, a full generation later, found that office still unfilled. "Our...

...^ the sake of wider activity sacrifice any opinion to the popular judgments and modes of action. I have now spoken of the education of the scholar by nature, by books, and by 30 action. It remains to say somewhat of his duties. They are such as become Man Thinking. They may...

...for the sake of wider activity sacrifice any opinion to the popular judgments and modes of action. I have now spoken of the education of the scholar by...cheer, to raise; and to guide men by showing them ja£ts amidst appearances. He plies the slow, unhonored, and unpaUtask oToBservation. Flamsteed and...

...for the sake of wider activity sacrifice any opinion to the popular judgments and modes of action. I have now spoken of the education of the scholar by...action. It remains to say somewhat of his duties. honored, and unpaid task of observation. Flamsteed1 and Herschel, in their glazed observatories, may...

...great sources of education — nature, books, and action — Emerson proceeds to examine the scholar's duties. "They are such as become Man Thinking. They...cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amid appearances." This being his function, "it becomes him to feel all confidence in himself, and...

...The American Scholar foreshadowed the full conception.13 The Scholar is' Man Thinking'; his office 'is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts among appearances'; he reveals the one design that 'unites and animates the farthest pinnacle and the...