Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Language is a city, to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the acaleph which adds a cell to the coral reef which is the basis of the continent.


Letters and Social Aims (ed. 1876)


Language is a city, to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the...

Language is a city, to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the...

Language is a city, to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the...

Language is a city, to the building of which every human being brought a stone; yet he is no more to be credited with the grand result than the...