We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy.


Essays: Second Series (1844) - Politics

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of...

We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of...

We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of...

We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of...