Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region read more

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region under
heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles
river when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in
originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for read more

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men--that is genius.