The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is room for persons of romantic character to exist, and that the poet, the mystic, and the hero may hope to confront their counterparts.


The selected writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (ed. 1980) - ISBN: 9780394309149


The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is...

The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is...

The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is...

The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there is...