In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not social; it is impersonal; is God.


Emersson's essays (ed. 1955)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not...

In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not...

In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not...

In all conversation between two persons, tacit reference is made, as to a third party, to a common nature. That third party or common nature is not...