We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.


The American Scholar (1837)


We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...

We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...

We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...

We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because...