Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit.

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Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all...

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all...

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee,...

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee,...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism...

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and...

When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and...

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he...

I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he...

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too...

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too...

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.

Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

We prefer world law, in the age of self-determination, to world war in the age...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

They say that marijuana is an entrance to other drugs...I say it's more like an...

They say that marijuana is an entrance to other drugs...I say it's more like an...