Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit..

Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown; Except for winds, provincial….

To find out what we presently are and where we are going, we must know what we have been and what others have done; and this, because the humanities ….

The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the i….

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it..

If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed..

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to..