In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying objects, what difference does it make, whether Orion is up there in heaven, or some god paints the image in the firmament of the soul?


Nature and Other Writings (ed. Shambhala Publications, 2003) - ISBN: 9781590300992

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying...

In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying...

In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying...

In my utter impotence to test the authenticity of the report of my senses, to know whether the impressions they make on me correspond with outlying...