He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment and mixture and leave nothing but pure power.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations (ed. 1866)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment...

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment...

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment...

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment...