...apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. . . . We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds."36 He was thinking of the need to reduce the European influence in America and of the necessity...

...ideals in 1837, before the name for those ideals had yet been bestowed: "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." The Transcendentalist movement was centered in Boston and Concord, Massachusetts, the home of...

...step leading eventually to the renewal and redemption of the entire society. When that moment comes, "A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." 11 His focus at this time remained largely on the individual, and he was not interested in a...

...him," he declared that, not only intellectual life, but cultural life as a whole could be transformed: "A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." 14 Also hearing Emerson's message that day were Bronson Alcott, Henry Hedge, Elizabeth Hoar,...

...Verbindung des universalistischen mit dem historistischen, nationalistischen Denken liegt: „A nation will for the first time exist, because each believes...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men." (CW l, 70).415 Kurt Mueller-Vollmer unterscheidet zwei Phasen im Diskurs über die amerikanische...

...shortcomings are due entirely to my failure to learn their lessons well. We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... Ralph Waldo Emerson Andrew E. Shipley Venice, 1605 AD His eyes, large and unnaturally black, fixed...

...imitative, tame."" Heaven keep us from such a charge. We will be bold: "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds" and build an unprecedented society. And so "a new nation of men will for the first time exist, because...

...Scholar" and leave the reader conceptually upended, looking for support. "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds" (EL 71), Emerson prophesies just before the final sentence, directing our attention toward future actions...

...influence. We have listened too long to the courtly muses of Europe. . . . We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The...

...south? Nor so, btothers and friends — pleare God, ours shall nor be so. We will walk on our own feer; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of lerters shall be no longer a name tor piiy, for doubt, and tor rensual indulgenee. The...