The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.


Emerson's Complete Works: Representative men (ed. 1883)


The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.

The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.

The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.

The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.