The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination. We suspect they are unworthy. We arraign our daily employments.


Nature: An Essay ; And, Lectures on the Times (ed. 1844)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination....

The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination....

The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination....

The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination....