If there is a single moment … to give meaning to Emerson's life, it would be this moment when he recognized that his proper response to the world must be astonishment, his proper expression celebration.


Emerson: The Mind on Fire (1995)

Robert D. Richardson Quotes

If there is a single moment … to give meaning to Emerson's life, it would be this moment when he recognized that his proper response to the world...

If there is a single moment … to give meaning to Emerson's life, it would be this moment when he recognized that his proper response to the world...

If there is a single moment … to give meaning to Emerson's life, it would be this moment when he recognized that his proper response to the world...

If there is a single moment … to give meaning to Emerson's life, it would be this moment when he recognized that his proper response to the world...