They are the kings of the world who give the color of their present thought to all nature and all art, and persuade men by the cheerful serenity of their carrying the matter, that this thing which they do is the apple which the ages have desired to pluck,... History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar - Page 171 by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 180 pages Full view -
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