Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.


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


Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever...

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever...

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever...

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever...