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or "degenerate" state, he does not "possess himself" but identifies with his occupation or a monotonous action; in the other, "right" state, he is elevated to "Man", at one with all mankind.
* To achieve this higher state of mind, the modern American scholar must reject old ideas and think for himself, to become "Man Thinking" rather than "a mere thinker, or still worse, the parrot of other men's thinking", "the victim of society", "the sluggard intellect of this continent".
* "The American Scholar" has an obligation, as "Man Thinking",

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