[Prokopton]

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Shall I not call God the Beautiful, who daily showeth himself so to me in his gifts? I chide society, I embrace solitude, and yet I am not so ungrateful as not to see the wise, the lovely, and the noble-minded, as from time to time they pass my gate. Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, -- a possession for all time.

--Ralph Waldo Emerson--

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

That Emerson quote is beautifully written nonsense.

[hinckley buzzard]

I chide society, I embrace solitude, and yet I am not so ungrateful as not to see the wise, the lovely, and the noble-minded, as from time to time they pass my gate...RWE

The perception of beauty is a moral test. (Thoreau, 1951)

[hinckley buzzard]

I chide society, I embrace solitude, and yet I am not so ungrateful as not to see the wise, the lovely, and the noble-minded, as from time to time they pass my gate...RWE

The perception of beauty is a moral test. (Thoreau, 1851)