II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar is the min… — Essays

Essays — Ralph Waldo Emerson

II. The next great influence into the spirit of the scholar is the mind of the Past,--in whatever form, whether of literature, of art, of institutions, that mind is inscribed. Books are the best type of the influence of the past, and perhaps we shall get at the truth,--learn the amount of this influence more conveniently,--by considering their value alone.

Place: ¶83
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