Railroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLet us not forget the genial miraculous force we have known to proceed from a book.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLet him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson