Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.
