...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse A strange process too, this by which experience is converted into thought, as a mulberry leaf is converted...

...of Philadelphia. dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse. (Essays, 60) Following the philosophical maxim that "speech is what makes man a political being,""...

...ready for bad weather" (W, 10: 286). A follower of "the laws of nature and the experiences of history," "the true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power." He knows that it is only through action that thought may "ripen into truth" (W, 10: 242; 1: 95). What...

...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power. First, rather than speak to the "Flatland" of traditional values represented by this Harvard and Boston...

...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too, this, by which experience is converted into thought,...

...retrospection, it exists for the sake of retrospection and most generally for the processes of mind. He says, "The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power." But what actually is the loss? It is the loss of an opportunity for thought. The very next sentences...

...extended my being, my dominion. I do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake....discourse. Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructers in eloquence and wisdom. The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by,...

...is acted upon is it completed, made real: "Only so much do I know, as I have lived," Emerson states; "the true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power."20 If truth is action, then truth is useless until it is experienced. As Emerson explained to...

...extended my being, my dominion. 1 do not see how any man can afford, for the sake of his nerves and his nap, to spare any action in which he can partake. It is pearls and rubies to his discourse— It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process too,...

...it thought can never ripen into troth.—The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action part by, as a loss of power. It is the raw material out of which the intellect moulds her splendid products. A strange process, too, this by which experience is converted into thought as...