Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.


Compensation and Self-Reliance (ed. 2010)


The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.

The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.

The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.

The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.