Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the beautiful natures disappears as they approach each other.


Emersson's essays (ed. 1955)


Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the...

Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the...

Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the...

Almost all people descend to meet. All association must be a compromise, and, what is worst, the very flower and aroma of the flower of each of the...