 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
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...how it wandereth free Through the wildering maze of Eternity ! (Henry Smith. Thought is the propsrty of him who can entertain it ; and of him who can adequately...learned what to do with them, they become our own. (Emerton. Learning without thought is labor lost, thought without learning is perilous. ( Confuciut.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 658 pages
...entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Thought is the proper* ty of him who can entertain it and of him who can adequately...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,... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 932 pages
...how it wandereth frea Through the wildering maze of Eternity ! (Henry Smith. Thought is the propsrty of him who can entertain it ; and of him who can adequately...it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thought* ; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. (Emerttm. Learning... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 238 pages
...can entertain it • and of lum who can adequately phiec~ A certain awkwardness 1ll!lrks ilic nsr1 ol borrowed thoughts; 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. Tlie learned member of the Legislature,... | |
 | 1883 - 574 pages
...who has first thought them, but to him who has used them with most effect." "Thought," says Emerson, "is the property of him who can entertain it ; and of him who can adequately place it." ..." A great man . . . will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. . .... | |
 | Harriet B. Swineford - 1883 - 302 pages
...Diigg. Is othing is more simple than greatness ; indeed, to .« simple u to be great. Literary Ethics. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. Representative Men. The only credentials, Passport to success, Opens castle and parlor — Address,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 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. IB not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning... | |
 | James Locke Batchelder - 1884 - 402 pages
...2,373 by him, on the foundation laid by his predecessors ; and 1,899 were entirely his own." . . . Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. ... As soon as we have learned what to do with borrowed thoughts, they become our own. In the composition... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 pages
...illustrating Moliere's principle, that he recovered his property wherever he found it; and Emerson's, ' Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. 1 -All that they had read, as well as all that they had seen, the results of reading, experience, and... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 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. 4116 Emerson : Representative Men. Shakespeare. For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered... | |
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