What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative value. And education often wastes its effort in attempts to thwart and balk this natural magnetism, which is sure to select what belongs to it.


Essays; with preface by Thomas Carlyle (ed. 1841)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative...

What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative...

What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative...

What we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so. We form no guess, at the time of receiving a thought, of its comparative...