...iv xmlns:ptext="ptext" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/strict"> system-makers have their place, no doubt, but when we consider how many of them have risen and fallen since Emerson began to write, - Schelling , Cousin, Comte, Mill, down to the Hegel of yesterday and the Spencer of today,--it is evident that the absence of a system is not the only thing which may shorten fame. Emerson's precise position...