Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.


The American Scholar (1837)


But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.

But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.