...Miscellaneous Essays, vol. iv. p. 111. Emerson. — Emerson writes on this subject with great insight : " The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, the act of thought, is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...pure thought that shall be as efficient in all respects to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation—the act of thought—is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine...

...efficient in all respects to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Eack age, it is found, must write its own books ; or rather,...the act of creation — the act of thought — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...thought, that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, 01 rather, to the second age. Each age, it is found,...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. 5 13. Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, the...

...beginning of that period were extant in the world. — LORD MACAULAY. Lord Bacon. A SORT OF THIRD ESTATE Each age, it is found, must write its own books ;...the act of creation — the act of thought — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man : henceforth the chant is...

...in proportion to the depth of mind from which it issued, so high does it soar, so long does it sing. Each age, it is found, must write its own books ;...the act of creation — the act of thought — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man ; henceforth the chant is...

...thought, 10 that shall be as efficient, in all respects, to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this. is Yet hence arises a grave mischief. The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation, — the...

...for nothing but to inspire. It is absurd to make fetishes out of the literature of the Past, for " each age, it is found, must write its own books ;...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." No, let us learn to walk on our own feet, let us work with our own hands, let us speak our own minds....

...them. There came mockingly to my mind a sentence read several times with high-school classes: "Each age must write its own books; or rather each generation, for the next succeeding." I remembered how heartily we applauded the idea and how modem we felt ourselves in studying the plea...

...pure thought that shall be as efficient in all respects to a remote posterity, as to contemporaries, or rather to the second age. Each age, it is found,...the act of creation — the act of thought — is transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man: henceforth the chant is divine...