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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.
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should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
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A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light that flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought because it is his.
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Summary Notes. “A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
gleam of light, an idea that, I believe, is critical for any assessment of the relationship between Dewey and Emerson as philosophers of democracy. The path of this inquiry led me to continue my doctoral work at Teachers College at Columbia University from until . It was in New York that I met two teachers who were of immense impor-
Jun 5, 2012 · A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.
The gleam of light originates in an undivided, holistic condition of life as the ‘‘fountain of action and of thought’’ (140). It is the mark of one’s particular inclination, and serves as the origin of thinking or ‘‘tuitions’’ (139). The gleam of light represents Emerson’s transcendentalism and his
