The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.


History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar (ed. 1901)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.

The picture waits for my verdict; it is not to command me, but I am to settle its claim to praise.