People that had lighted on a new thought or a thought that they fancied new came to Emerson, as the finder of a glittering gem hastens to a lapidary, to ascertain its quality and value. Pen Pictures of Modern Authors - Page 91edited by - 1882 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Ireland - Authors, American - 1882 - 378 pages
...ask deliverance, but to invite the free spirit into their own thraldom. People that had lighted on a new thought, or a thought that they fancied new,...glittering gem hastens to a lapidary to ascertain its value. For myself, there had been epochs in my life when it, too, might have asked of this prophet... | |
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