Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.


The Conduct of Life (ed. 1876)


As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.

As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.

As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.

As gas-light is found to be the best nocturnal police, so the universe protects itself by pitiless publicity.