 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
 | William Morton Payne - 1904 - 350 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 retro, spective. The learned member of the legislature,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 396 pages
...from the writings of others at discretion. Thoughtis the property of him who can enter. tain it and oi him who can "adequately place it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts ; but as soon 3" what to do with them they become our own. Thus all originality is relative. Every thinker is retrospective.... | |
 | Harold Bayley - 1906 - 418 pages
...perty of him who can entertain it and adequately place it. " A certain awkwardness, " says Emerson, " marks the use of borrowed thoughts ; but as soon as...learned what to do with them they become our own. " One can understand and sympathise with an author who polishes and resets an intellectual jewel or... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 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 25 it. A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts ; but as soon as we have learned what... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 772 pages
...of original writing, is entitled, thenceforth, to steal from the writings of others at discrétion. eye fixed on something remote. In the same manner...opportunities are neglected and attainable good is slighte marke the use of borrowed thoughts ; but as soon ae we have learned what to do with them, they become... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 pages
...of original writing, is entitled, thenceforth, to steal from the writings of others at discretion. o far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the...slave i * upp геявог. — Longfelloui. Regul awkwnrdness mark» the use of boiTOwed thoughts ; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 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...marks the use of borrowed thoughts ; but, as soon as 10 we have learned what to do with them, they become our own. 8. Thus, all originality is relative.... | |
 | Horace H. Atherton (Jr.) - 1915 - 86 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." With these apologies and thanks to the following persons, who constitute the historical committee,... | |
 | Richard H. Mulliner - 1920 - 396 pages
...hearken unto him, as that in the interim thou give not way to any other thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius. Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. — Emerson. If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. —... | |
 | Basil King - 1921 - 290 pages
...such a man," only that references of the kind would be tedious. I fall back on what Emerson says : "Thought is the property of him who can entertain...learned what to do with them, they become our own. Thus all originality is relative." The thoughts that I shall express are my own to the extent that... | |
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