The people know that they need in their representative much more than talent, namely, the power to make his talent trusted.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn strict science, all persons underlie the same condition of an infinite remoteness. Shall we fear to cool our love by mining forthe metaphysical foundation of this elysian temple? Shall I not be as real as the things I see? If I am, I shall not fear to know them for what they are.
Ralph Waldo Emerson