We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have an ambition out of all proportion to their practical force, and so do lean and beg day and night continually.


The Power of Emerson's Wisdom (ed. 1954)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have...

We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have...

We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have...

We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot satisfy their own wants, have...