The best of Emerson's rather wordy writing survives as epigrams, such as the famous: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Other one- (and two-) liners include: "As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect" (Self-Reliance, 1841). Margaret Fuller became one of his "disciples," as did Henry David Thoreau. (1841, 1844), Nature, Addresses and Lectures (1849), and three volumes of poetry. His books include Nature (1836), The American Scholar (1837), Divinity School Address (1838), Essays, 2 vol. He rejected traditional ideas of deity in favor of an "Over-Soul" or "Form of Good," ideas which were considered highly heretical. Emerson inspired Transcendentalism, although never adopting the label himself. He returned to the United States in 1833, to a life as poet, writer and lecturer. During a year-long trip to Europe, Emerson became acquainted with such intelligentsia as British writer Thomas Carlyle, and poets Wordsworth and Coleridge. (Quoted in 2,000 Years of Freethought edited by Jim Haught.) By 1832, after the untimely death of his first wife, Emerson cut loose from Unitarianism. "Really, it is beyond my comprehension," Emerson once said, when asked by a seminary professor whether he believed in God. The congregation, with Christian overtones, issued communion, something Emerson refused to do.
Educated at Harvard and the Cambridge Divinity School, he became a Unitarian minister in 1826 at the Second Church Unitarian. Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston in 1803. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it.
Every friend whom not thy fantastic will, but the great and tender soul in thee craveth, shall lock thee in his embrace." Let Emerson state the thought in these words, "Every proverb, every book, every byword that belongs to thee for aid and comfort shall surely come home through open or winding passages. If you have these states of mind, and a working knowledge of the principles described, all else that you need will come to you, when you are READY for it. Because he was tolerant, had an open mind at all times, on all subjects, and was a DREAMER, he left his impress for good on an entire race.īeethoven was deaf, Milton was blind, but their names will last as long as time endures, because they dreamed and translated their dreams into organized thought.īefore passing to the next chapter, kindle anew in your mind the fire of hope, faith, courage, and tolerance. Washington was born in slavery, handicapped by race and color. The world was made better for his having lived, because he clothed beautiful thoughts in poetry, and thereby plucked a thorn and planted a rose in its place.īooker T. Robert Burns was an illiterate country lad, he was cursed by poverty, and grew up to be a drunkard in the bargain. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Please consider an ongoing PayPal subscription.
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