Ralph Waldo Emerson

is a gap-toothed and hoary ape, who now in his dotage spits and chatters from a dirtier perch of his own finding, and fouling.

is one who lives instinctively on ambrosia - and leaves everything indigestible on his plate.

Emerson is one who lives instinctively on ambrosia - and leaves everything indigestible on his plate.

is much more enlightened, more roving, more manifold, subtler than Carlyle; above all, happier.

Emerson. -- Much more enlightened, more roving, more manifold, subtler than Carlyle; above all, happier.

is possessed of that gracious and clever cheerfulness which discourages all seriousness; he simply does not know how old he is already and how young he is still going to be.

Emerson has that gracious and clever cheerfulness which discourages all seriousness; he simply does not know how old he is already and how young he is still going to be; he could say of himself, quoting Lope de Vega, "Yo me sucedo a mi mismo" [I am my own heir].

nourishes himself instinctively only on ambrosia, leaving behind what is indigestible in things.

One who instinctively nourishes himself only on ambrosia, leaving behind what is indigestible in things. Compared with Carlyle, a man of taste. Carlyle, who loved him very much, nevertheless said of him: "He does not give us enough to chew on"--which may be true, but is no reflection on Emerson.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson