It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a pine-stump. With it comes a Latin grammar, and one of those tow-head boys has written a hymn on Sunday. Now let colleges, now let senates take heed! for here is one who, opening these fine tastes on the basis of the pioneer's iron constitution, will gather all their laurels in his strong hands.
God hides things by putting them near us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
God hides things by putting them near us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We pass for what we are. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We pass for what we are.
Make youself necessary to someone. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make youself necessary to someone.
Some will always be above others. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some will always be above others.
Life is a festival only to the wise. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a festival only to the wise.
My hours are peaceful centuries. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
My hours are peaceful centuries.
You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power
Nothing can be preserved that is not good. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing can be preserved that is not good.
The world we live in is but thickened light. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world we live in is but thickened light.
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