Of course, there is a portion of reading quite indispensable to a wise man. History and exact science he must learn by laborious reading. Colleges, in like manner, have their indispensable office, - to teach elements. But they can only highly serve us,... Emerson: Political Writings - Página 17editado por - 2008Pré-visualização limitada - Acerca deste livro
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 388 páginas
...of the oraele ; — all the . rest he rejeets, were it never so many times Plato's and Shakspeare's. Of course there is a portion of reading quite indis•pensable to a wise man. History and exaet scicnce he must learn by laborious reading. Colleges, in like manner, have thcir indispensable... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 410 páginas
...of. tha oracle ; — all the rest ho rejects, were it never so many times Plato's and Shakspearo's. Of course, there is a portion of reading quite indispensable...indispensable office, — to teach elements. But they can, on1v_j \zhlv servo uj jehcn they aim not^to driTTrl^yt^n ^j-^tn : when they gather from far every ray... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1887 - 386 páginas
...of the oracle ; — all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's and Shakspeare's. Of course there is a portion of reading quite indispensable to a wise man. Histoiy and exact science he must learn by laborious reading. Colleges, in like manner, have their... | |
| Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1888 - 600 páginas
...utterances of the oracle ; all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's and Shakespeare's. Of course, there is a portion of reading quite indispensable...their indispensable office, — to teach elements. But thev can only highly serve us, when they aim not to drill, but to create ; when they gather from far... | |
| Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 páginas
...utterances of the oracle; all the rest he rejects, were it never so many times Plato's and Shakespeare's. Of course, there is a portion of reading quite indispensable...Colleges, in like manner, have their indispensable office,—to teach elements. But they can only highly serve us, when they aim not to drill, but to... | |
| George Edgeworth Fenwick, Thomas George Roddick, George Ross - 1888 - 800 páginas
...in carrying out desired reforms." (Italics mine.) " Colleges have their indispensable function — to teach elements. But they can only highly serve us when they aim not to drill, but to create. Any organization trained to provide merely what the uninstructed public ask for can never fulfil its... | |
| American Academy of Medicine - 1895 - 752 páginas
...differences of teacher and scholar. "Colleges can only serve us," says Emerson, " where their aim is not to drill but to create, when they gather from far every ray of genins to their hospitable halls and by the concentrated fires set the heart of their youth on flame."... | |
| DAVID STARR JORDAN - 1896 - 290 páginas
...mainly to bring them together. '' Colleges can only serve us,'' says Emerson, '' when their aim is not to drill, but to create; when they gather from...of various genius to their hospitable halls, and by their concentrated fires set the heart of their youth in flame." Strong men make universities strong.... | |
| David Starr Jordan - 1896 - 306 páginas
...serves mainly to bring them together. "Colleges can only serve us," says Emerson, "when their aim is not to drill, but to create ; when they gather from...of various genius to their hospitable halls, and by their concentrated fires set the heart of their youth in flame. ' ' Strong men make universities strong.... | |
| National Educational Association (U.S.). Meeting - 1897 - 1148 páginas
...se.rves mainly to bring them together. ' Colleges can only serve us,' says Emerson, ' when their aim is not to drill, but to create ; when they gather from...of various genius to their hospitable halls, and by their concentrated fires set the heart of their youth in flame.' Strong men make universities strong.... | |
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