The Tocsin of Revolt, And Other Essays
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Brownell; Emerson "fairly caresses his words and phrases and shows in his treatment of them a pleasure nearer sensuousness, perhaps, than any other he manifests." None the less is it difficult to detach from his pages the exact maxim as we find it in Bacon and La Rochefoucauld and Vauvenargues.
Emerson's thoughts are elevated and often sub- tle, but only rarely do they fall precisely into the form of the aphorism. He tells us that " the man in the street does not know a star in the sky"; — but ...that is not quite a maxim, even if it escapes being a truism. He asserts that "it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time"; — but that can hardly be io8 AMERICAN APHORISMS called an aphorism, wise as it is and indsive.
Perhaps the explanation lies in the fact that Emerson is wholly devoid of malice, — the malice that edges La Rochefoucauld's shafts to sting themselves into our consciousness. Emerson has few delusions about the ultimate infirmities of mankind, but he is never malevolent.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Brownell; Emerson "fairly caresses his words and phrases and shows in his treatment of them a pleasure nearer sensuousness, perhaps, than any other he manifests." None the less is it difficult to detach from his pages the exact maxim as we find it in Bacon and La Rochefoucauld and Vauvenargues.
Emerson's thoughts are elevated and often sub- tle, but only rarely do they fall precisely into the form of the aphorism. He tells us that " the man in the street does not know a star in the sky"; — but ...that is not quite a maxim, even if it escapes being a truism. He asserts that "it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time"; — but that can hardly be io8 AMERICAN APHORISMS called an aphorism, wise as it is and indsive.
Perhaps the explanation lies in the fact that Emerson is wholly devoid of malice, — the malice that edges La Rochefoucauld's shafts to sting themselves into our consciousness. Emerson has few delusions about the ultimate infirmities of mankind, but he is never malevolent.
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