We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account: or if they live, they lose themselves in the crowd.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, 2d series (ed. 1903)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account:...

We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account:...

We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account:...

We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never acquit the debt; they die young anddodge the account:...