Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations (ed. 1866)


How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?