Ralph Waldo Emerson-American Scholar

I really enjoyed  section two of the American Scholar. On page 523, there is one line that really stood out to me, "Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst." I loved this line because I completely agree with Emerson. I read  all the time and I would rather have my nose in a book than do most things. I like how Emerson wrote how each generation has to write its own books in order for history and events to be remembered fully because the next generation would not be able to write them and that information could be lost or skewed.
Emerson wrote that writers forget that they need to write their own original ideas and not follow that of Cicero, Locke and Bacon. These people had to write on their own and not follow others, they wrote their own thoughts and ideas. Today if one genre is doing exceptionally well, such as paranormal romance, everyone follows suit and tries to write in that genre as well. The paranormal romance has grown tremendously since the Twilight series became so popular and profitable. People need to just write their own things and not follow other people.