...technique of our dramatic art, but also in the pioneer work of upbuilding its institution, henceforth "we will walk on our own feet, we will work with our own hands, we will speak our own minds." THE DRAMATIST AS CITIZEN \ THE DRAMATIST AS CITIZEN IN a literal sense, a citizen is one who owes allegiance...

...which we belong; and our opinion predicted geographically, as the north, or the south? Not so, brother and friends, please God, ours shall not be so. We...work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The...

...America, and it is this spirit that preserves the republic. Emerson has expressed it in a sentence: "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds." It is undoubtedly true that the largest influence in the development of this spirit came from the Puritans...

...institution. In New England, during August, 1837, Emerson, speaking on " The American Scholar," was saying : " We will walk on our own feet ; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds." But in none of these respects was the South accomplishing much; its every energy was spent in holding...

...own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. The dread of man and the love of man shall be a wall of defence and a wreath of joy around...

...hundred, or the thousand, of the party, the section, to s which we belong ; and our opinion predicted geographically, as the north, or the south? Not so,...with our own 'hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, 10 and for sensual indulgence....

...predicted geographically, as the North, or the South?" Then followed his famous declaration to Americans, " We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds." No American author has done more to exalt the individual, to inspire him to act according to his own...

...eg, this from Doctor Van Dyke's book before referred to: " Emerson has expressed it in a sentence: we will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds." Where a quotation is less than a line in length a comma is sufficient for its introduction and were...

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...beginning of "The American Scholar," concluding with a series of calls that echo the Twenty-third Psahn: "We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds. The study of letters shall be no longer a name for pity, for doubt, and for sensual indulgence. ......