The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very little relation to each other; never meet and measure each other: one prevails now, all buzz and din; and the other prevails then, all infinitude and paradise; and, with the progress of life, the two discover no greater disposition to reconcile themselves.


Nature: An Essay ; And, Lectures on the Times (ed. 1844)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very little...

The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very little...

The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very little...

The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very little...