When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.
Ralph Waldo EmersonOnly those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges, vellum and morocco, all the presentation copies to all the libraries will not preserve a book in circulation beyond its intrinsic date.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is the essence of poetry to spring, like the rainbow daughter of Wonder, from the invisible, to abolish the past, and refuse all history.
Ralph Waldo Emerson