There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it appears; but a court as of angels, a public not to be bribed, not to be entreated, and not to be overawed, decides upon every man's title to fame.


Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson... (ed. 1876)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it ...

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it ...

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it ...

There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of the hour when it ...