 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 264 psl.
...might of man belongs by all motives, by all prophecy, by all preparation, to the American scholar. We have listened too long to the courtly muses of...taught to. aim at low objects, eats upon itself. There *» no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant. Young men of the fairest promise, who begin... | |
 | 1838 - 536 psl.
...lesson more than another which should pierce his ear, it is, The world is nothing, the man is all." " We have listened too long to the courtly muses of Europe. The American freeman is already suspected to be timid, imitative, tame. Public and private avarice make... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 psl.
...might of man belongs, by all motives, by all prophecy, by all preparation, to the American Scholar. We have listened too long to the courtly muses of Europe. The spine of the American freeman is already suspected to be timid, imitative, tame. Public and private... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 400 psl.
...might of man belongs, by all motives, by all prophecy, by all preparation, to the American Scholar. We have listened too long to the courtly muses of...suspected to be timid, imitative, tame. Public and private a_vajice_ make the air we breathe thick and fat. The scholar is decent, indolent, complaisant. See... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1879 - 494 psl.
...Cambridge (Massachusetts), August 31, 1837. By Ralph Waldo Emerson. THE SCHOLAR AND THE WORLD. 205 of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats...There is no work for any but the decorous and the complacent Young men of the fairest promise, who begin life upon our shores, inflated by the mountain... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1879 - 502 psl.
...chapter with his admonition to his young countrymen forty years ago.1 ' Public and private avarice makes the air we breathe thick and fat. The scholar is decent, indolent, complacent. See already the tragic consequence. The mind 1 'The American Scholar.' An Oration delivered... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1879 - 512 psl.
...chapter with his admonition to his young countrymen forty years ago.1 ' Public and private avarice makes the air we breathe thick and fat. The scholar is decent, indolent, complacent. See already the tragic consequence. The mind 1 'The American Scholar.' An Oration delivered... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 328 psl.
...might of man belongs, by all motives, by all prophecy, by all preparation, .to the American Scholar. We have listened too long to the courtly muses of...freeman is already suspected to be timid, imitative, tama Tublie and private avarice make the air we breathe thick and fat.\ The scholar is decent. iudolentt_c^,niplaiaaiit... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 psl.
...might of man belongs, by all motives, by all propheey, by all preparation, to the Ameriean Scholar. AVe have listened too long to the courtly muses of Europe. The spirit of the Ameriean frceman is already suspeeted to be timid, imitative, tame.J Public and private avarice make... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 328 psl.
...might of man belongs, by all motives, by all prophecy, by all preparation, to the American Scholar. We have listened too long to the courtly muses of...imitative, tame. Public and private avarice make the air we breatlie thick and fat. The scholar is decent, indolent, complaisant. See already the tragic consequence.... | |
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We have listened too long to the courtly muses of Europe. The spirit of the American freeman is already suspected to be timid, imitative, tame. 
