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" 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 123
1893
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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ..., Volume 2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 512 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,...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 249

Books and bookselling - 1880 - 784 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." " Shakespeare once more !" Mr. Lowell calls his essay. Does he say anything new? The reader who has...
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The Library Magazine of American and Foreign Thought, Volume 7

1881 - 428 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." " Shakespeare Once More !" Mr. Lowell calls his essay. Does he 48 TI1E LIB BAR Y MA GAZHfE. Say anything...
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Library Magazine of American and Foreign Thought, Volume 7

1881 - 430 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." " Shakespeare Once More !" Mr. Lowell calls his essay. Does he -:"-" say anything new? The reader who...
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The Library Magazine of American and Foreign Thought, Volume 7

1881 - 426 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,...adequately place it. A certain awkwardness marks the lise of borrowed thoughts, but as soon as we have learned what to do with them they become our own."...
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Literary Style: And Other Essays

William Mathews - American essays - 1881 - 358 pages
...generation, and are perpetually reset to suit the fashion of the times. " Thought," says Emerson, " is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it." Again he says: " The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less important the question of authorship....
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...broad his seed, The wheat thou strew'st be souls. í. EMEBSOS— Introduction to Essay. Of intellect. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. u. EMERSON— Representative Men. Sliakespeare. Thought takes man out of servitude into freedom. t!....
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. owards, whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins placo it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned...
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The Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin, with an Appendix ...

Quotations, English - 1882 - 1434 pages
...capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from tha writings of others at discretion. , Charm ache with air, nnd ngony with words o. Much Ado Abo liim who can adequately place it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as...
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THE WORKS

RALPH WALDO EMERSON - 1883 - 494 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,...
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