A Year with Emerson: A DaybookD.R. Godine, 2003 - 231 psl. Arranged for daily inspiration, wisdom from one of America's great visionary and philosophical minds. "A chief event of life is that day on which we have encountered a mind that startled us." A Year with Emerson is a feast of 365 such days. Known throughout the world for his cogent, epigrammatic writing, admired as the "George Washington of American Literature," his work is even more enriching in bigger doses. Daily almanac entries present the heart of Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas and philosophy. Some were written on the very day in which they appear in the book, some are speculations and musings of the season and the natural world, but all are unfailingly wise, still relevant to our modern times. Emerson's mind ranged across the universe even as he traveled the length and breadth of the United States and Europe. With Emerson as a companion and guide, we meet the ideas and personalities he championed and encountered, from Lincoln to John Muir, from Carlyle to Montaigne, and, of course, the close New England circle of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and the Alcotts. With company such as this, and the scope of Emerson's vision, you're sure to encounter rich food for thought every day of the year. |
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... teaching . Not teaching with the emphasis on content , or data , not teaching us what to think , certainly not how to think , but rather teaching us how vital it is to think . He did suggest some of the matters we as thinkers might ...
... teaching and your dis- cipline must have the reserve and taciturnity of Nature . Teach them to hold their tongues by holding your own . Say little ; do not snarl ; do not chide ; but govern by the eye . See what they need , and the ...
... teaching . I advise teachers to cherish mother - wit . I assume that you will keep the grammar , reading , writing and arithmetic in order ; ' tis easy and of course you will . But smuggle in a lit- tle contraband wit , fancy ...