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It is 122 RALPH WALDO EMERSON [CHAP.
\from this post of vantage that he attacks tradition, authority, and institutions. He rouses all the native egotism of the individual. All souls are equal one with another ; and this declaration is not a glittering generality, but is most literally taken. It is most strikingly exhibited in his attitude toward great men. What Plato has thought, any soul can think. The slip of a boy in a corner reading Shakespeare, knows that the English king was himself in an...other form, and has his pleasure in feeling this identity. Any man is as pertinent as Homer or Epaminondas. One should not overestimate the possibilities of Paul and Pericles or underestimate his own, since all are of the same stock. The relation of men virtually is not with other men but with God, who is the source of all truth and power. The soul radiates from God directly ; and hence there is no progress as a line of descent from great men, and the race does not so advance, but character and genius in later times do not excel the types of the antique world ; and hence, too, it is that all great men are seen to be unique, such that none could have had a man for his teacher, but rather is he protected from the over-influence of others and grows up in the shade and obscurity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is 122 RALPH WALDO EMERSON [CHAP.
\from this post of vantage that he attacks tradition, authority, and institutions. He rouses all the native egotism of the individual. All souls are equal one with another ; and this declaration is not a glittering generality, but is most literally taken. It is most strikingly exhibited in his attitude toward great men. What Plato has thought, any soul can think. The slip of a boy in a corner reading Shakespeare, knows that the English king was himself in an...other form, and has his pleasure in feeling this identity. Any man is as pertinent as Homer or Epaminondas. One should not overestimate the possibilities of Paul and Pericles or underestimate his own, since all are of the same stock. The relation of men virtually is not with other men but with God, who is the source of all truth and power. The soul radiates from God directly ; and hence there is no progress as a line of descent from great men, and the race does not so advance, but character and genius in later times do not excel the types of the antique world ; and hence, too, it is that all great men are seen to be unique, such that none could have had a man for his teacher, but rather is he protected from the over-influence of others and grows up in the shade and obscurity.
What to read after Ralph Waldo Emerson?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Woodberry George Edward to read onlineMoreLess
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