The third influence of Ralph Waldo Emerson

The third influence is action! A true scholar shouldn't stay in the house just studying and thinking, he should go out and experience to understand the world. "Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth." The active person is richer than the scholar. "The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action past by, as a loss of power." A true scholar should use their knowledge of what they learned, and using it in the reality. Then the studying will be useful.