Day: October 21, 2022

Compensation by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1841. Compensation Ever since I was a boy, I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation: for it seemed to me when very young, that on this

Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1841. Circles The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end. It is

Character by Ralph Waldo Emerson   The sun set; but set not his hope: Stars rose; his faith was earlier up: Fixed on the enormous galaxy, Deeper and older seemed his eye: And matched his

Art by Ralph Waldo Emerson is an essay –Essays, First Series [1841] Art Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer