Chapter III: Part I: The Value of the Treasury

"History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk
incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell
me by languages and titles a catalogue of the volumes you
have read. You shall make me feel what periods you have
lived. A man shall be the Temple of Fame. He shall walk,
as the poets have described that goddess, in a robe
painted all over with wonderful events and
experiences.... He shall be the priest of Pan, and bring
with him into humble cottages the blessing of the morning
stars, and all the recorded benefits of heaven and
earth."
EMERSON.