 I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation.  Select Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 116by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 351 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Aliki Barnstone - 2006 - 220 pages
...(or social) realm obstructs the light of truth, which divinely resides within the self; he claims, "I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me" (14o). 14 And he asks "Why drag about this corpse of your memory?" (141). Third, in addition to relinquishing... | |
 | John T. Lysaker - 2008 - 244 pages
...principle, Jesus' equal, writing, "They call it Christianity, I call it Consciousness," as well as "I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me" (JMN7, 28; CW2, 30). (The former marks him and every sentient being an incarnation, whereas the latter... | |
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