It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, and few writers of the best books.


The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (ed. 1870)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, ...

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, ...

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, ...

It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, ...