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...indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defense and a wreath of joy around all. A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.1 Emerson does not here insist that each will indeed be inspired by the Divine Soul; nor does he...

...union of hand and heart unlike any that has existed in other nations: 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...

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...long apprenticeship to the learned 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." In the same breath, Emerson wrote, "I embrace the common, I explore and sit at the feet of the familiar,...

...Americans and a declaration of spiritual and intellectual independence: 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...

...time for that spirit to exert its native genius, to break its bonds. "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds." The climactic sentence echoes Coleridge's democratic phrases, "each and all," with "every man . . ....

...upon itself." But we can reach higher and achieve more, he concludes. "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."20 In short, Emerson tries to inoculate his listeners against bookishness and passivity, while...