Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.


Emerson's essays and poems (ed. 1926)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.

Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.

Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.

Every word which is used to express a moral or intellectual fact, if traced to its root, is found to be borrowed from some material appearance.