Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.


Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1872 [1876] Ed (ed. 1911)


We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.

We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.

We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.

We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.