...day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. . . . Events, actions arise, that must be sung, that will...age, as the star in the constellation Harp, which now flnmes in our zenith, astronomers announce, .chall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years? But...

..."опт days of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands draws to a close ; the millions that around us are rushing into life .cannot always be fed on the remains of foreign harvests.' And as the first necessary condition of such a change they seek a clear...

...Scholar": "Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life,...always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests." But we still see ourselves in the distorting mirror of Europe. The image which Europe shows us is as...

...skill. Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life,...be sung, that will sing themselves. Who can doubt the poetry will revive and lead in a new age, as the star in the constellation Harp which now flames...

...intellectual Declaration of Independence": [America's] long apprenticeship . . . draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life,...constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith . . . shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years? In this hope I accept the topic . . . [of]...

...Scholar": Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life,...always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests. 155 The air of sovereign assertion, the apparent freedom not only from European influence but also...

...British, for the influence of European culture prevailed long after the revolution. Later, however, "The millions that around us are rushing into life,...Events, actions arise, that must be sung, that will sing themselves."6 Of greater concern are the preliminary stages of emergence, that is, a literature's emergence...

...tradition. "Our day of dependence, our long apprenticeship to the learning of other lands, draws to a close. The millions that around us are rushing into life,...cannot always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests."58 Emerson defined it as the American scholar's duty to learn from nature, to be inspired...

...with voices and models that do not fit our experience. As Emerson warns in "The American Scholar," "The millions that around us are rushing into life,...always be fed on the sere remains of foreign harvests" (CW 1:52). As the prophetic voice of his people, the poet has the duty to deepen their consciousness...

...appeal for and description of "The American Scholar," he began by making a millennial claim for poetry: "Who can doubt that poetry will revive and lead in...zenith, astronomers announce, shall one day be the pole star for a thousand years" (64). To those who were not familiar with the most recent astronomical...