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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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Official Magazine, Volumes 24-26

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and Helpers of America - Highway transport workers - 1926 - 744 pages
...and create business for the old forms of transportation as well as for itself. — Boston American. 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. — Emerson. EDITORIAL (By JM Gillespie) 1 WENTY-PIVE YEARS AGO there...
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays and Lectures (LOA #15): Nature; Addresses, and ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Philosophy - 1983 - 1196 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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Representative Men: Seven Lectures

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1987 - 514 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;...and of him who can adequately place it. A certain aukwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them,...
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Media Spectacles

Marjorie B. Garber, Jann Matlock, Rebecca L. Walkowitz - Art - 1993 - 296 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." Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Shakespeare," in Representative Men (1850)...
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Phillips' Book of Great Thoughts and Funny Sayings

Bob Phillips - Quotations, English - 1993 - 372 pages
...by another, is mine. Seneca Plagiarists have, at least, the merit of preservation. Benjamin Disraeli A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts;...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Ralph Waldo Emerson PLANNING Act quickly, think slowly. Greek proverb Dig a well before you are thirsty....
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Emerson's Literary Criticism

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Literary Collections - 1995 - 304 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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Our Fate and the Zodiac

Margaret Mayo - Body, Mind & Spirit - 1996 - 164 pages
...fortunate in retaining and producing in original form the wisdom gleaned from outside sources. But "Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it." The Virgo heirs are particularly clever in their use of borrowed thought. Like Johnson, they are "...
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Symptoms of Culture

Marjorie B. Garber - Civilization, Modern - 1998 - 294 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...but as soon as we have learned what to do with them thev become our own, Thus all originality is relative." Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Shakespeare," in Representative...
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Symptoms of Culture

Marjorie B. Garber - Art - 1998 - 290 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 use oi borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them they become our own. Thus...
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Designing and Delivering Training

David Simmonds - Business & Economics - 2003 - 248 pages
...ways in which e-leaming could contribute to the induction process. The transfer of learning CHAPTER 7 A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts;...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Ralph Waldo Emerson LEARNING OUTCOMES • Describe the implications for trainers, learners and other...
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