...potentially harmful version of the creative process. A "grave mischief" arises, according to Emerson, when "The sacredness which attaches to the act of creation,...the act of thought, is transferred to the record." Given the fact that only the record remains, the course the editors of Emerson's sermons have steered,...

...with it rather than immerse ourselves in the cycle: "Each age, it is found, must write its own books The books of an older period will not fit this. Yet...transferred to the record. The poet chanting was felt to be a divine man; henceforward it is setded, the book is perfect; as love of the hero corrupts into...

...College. Working his collegiate audience, he called for books relevant to a new generation of Americans: "Each age, it is found, must write its own books....succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this." 1 But Emerson was far from alone in emphasizing the saving grace of youthfulness. That same year, as...

...did indeed help educate the American scholar, but nature and action did more. Books were a danger if "the sacredness which attaches to the act of creation...act of thought — is transferred to the record." When that happens, books about books are then written by (mere) Thinkers, not by Man Thinking. "Meek...

...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,...transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man: henceforth the chant is divine also. The writer was a just and wise spirit: henceforward...

...some tincture of the "local," be fully relevant to the present. "Each age," the passage continues, "must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older generation will not fit this." In "The American Scholar," the same message is directed to the would-be...

...some tincture of the "local," be fully relevant to the present. "Each age," the passage continues, "must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. The books of an older generation will not fit this." In "The American Scholar," the same message is directed to the would-be...

...institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the best type of the influence of the past, and perhaps we shall get at the truth — learn the amount of this...the act of creation, — the act of thought, — is instantly transferred to the record. The poet chanting, was felt to be a divine man. Henceforth the...

...danger in merely accepting and dwelling in it, instead of constantly refashioning and reconstructing it: Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or...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...

...Emerson had called for American cultural independence from the cumbersome ideals of British culture: "Each age, it is found, must write its own books;...succeeding. The books of an older period will not fit this."12 In the spirit of Emerson, but with more anger, Sullivan fired diatribes against cultural constraints...