“the mystic must be steadily told,—All that you say is just as true without the tedious use of that symbol as with it. Let us have a little algebra, instead of this trite rhetoric,—universal signs, instead of these village symbols,—and we shall both be gainers. The history of hierarchies seems to show that all religious error consisted in making the symbol too stark and solid, and was at last nothing but an excess of the organ of language.”
Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson is a seminal work in American literature, featuring a series of essays that explore themes of individualism, self-reliance, and the importance of nature. Emerson's essays are known for their lyrical prose and profound influence on the transcendentalist movement. more
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