 It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain...  American Anthropologist - Page 1211893Full view - About this book
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...capable of original writing, is entitled thcncoforth to steal from the writings of others at diseretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it; and of him who can adequately pluce it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but, äs soon äs we have learned... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1857 - 300 pages
...capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it;...certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; hut, as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 336 pages
...and of him who can adequately place it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts j but, as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is relative. Every thinker is retrospective. The learned member of the legislature,... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 304 pages
...spoken wisely. He knows the sparkle of the true stone, and puts it in high place wherever he finds it Thought is the property of him who can entertain it,...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is relative. Every thinker is retrospective. The learned member of the legislature... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 504 pages
...capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is relative. Every thinker is retrospective. The learned member of the Legislature,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 500 pages
...of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at . discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it;...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus, all originality is relative. Every thinker is retrospective. The learned member of the Legislature,... | |
 | English literature - 1871 - 606 pages
...capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it,...learned what to do with them, they become our own."* But let us return to the jaded revellers in the literary banquethall. There is a certain fresh sweep... | |
 | George Markham Tweddell - Authors, English - 1872 - 438 pages
...injustice to other writers by an unconscious plagiarism of their works. " Thought," says WALDO EMERSON, "is the property of him who can entertain it; and...learned what to do with them, they become our own." Mr. Cleaver opens his principal poem with the following beautiful verses : — " Lo ! to his couch,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye. Essay on Behaviour. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. Representative Men. Shakespeare. I rarely read any Latin, Greek, German, Italian, sometimes not a French... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations, English - 1878 - 896 pages
...power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye. Essay on Behaviour. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place It. Representative Men. Shakespeare. I rarely read any Latin, Greek, German, Italian, sometimes not a French... | |
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