The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.


Society and Solitude (1870) - Civilization

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.