 |
|
 |
 |
 |
PHILOSOPHY > philosopher, poet, essayist > Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shall we then...
Vendor: PHILOSOPHY
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or other than by their importance to the mind of the time.
Source: The Conduct of Life, Considerations by the Way, 1860.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.