Emerson, Ralph Waldo

“Books”


• That book is goodWhich puts me in a working mood.Unless to Thought be added WillApollo is an imbecil...
• There are books ... which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences,...
“Boston”


• The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new coun...
• What care though rival cities soarAlong the stormy coast,Penn’s town, New York, Baltimore,If Boston ...
• A blessing through the ages thusShield all thy roofs and towers!God with the fathers, so with us,Tho...
• I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston command...
• We grant no dukedoms to the few,We hold like rights and shall;—Equal on Sunday in the pew,On Monday ...
“Boston Hymn”


• The word of the Lord by nightTo the watching Pilgrims came,As they sat by the seaside,And filled the...
• I will have never a noble,No lineage counted great;Fishers and choppers and ploughmenShall constitut...
“Considerations by the Way”


• Masses! the calamity is the masses.
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