A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.


Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1872 [1876] Ed (ed. 1912)


A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.