Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of education is respecting the pupil.
The secret of education is respecting the pupil.
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have read more
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems read more
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
