A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson on eternity, fame, god, literature, names, reputation, risk, and science

When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. - There is not a piece of science, but its flank my be turned to-morrow; nor any literary reputation, nor the so-called eternal names of fame, that may not be revised and condemned.

Ralph Waldo Emerson : American transcendentalist philosopher, essayist & lecturer
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
 
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about 1 year later
jodanu said

Yea, let's shake things up, make things right!

Leo : Leo, life cultivator.
over 2 years later
Leo said

Yes, very well. Such may be so.
Who occupies the position to discern. How might one know of their proximity to such a disposition.

Yes, agree, all may be at risk, maybe not, perhaps escape might only facilitate prolonged anxiety.

Leo : Leo, life cultivator.
over 2 years later
Leo said

My grand  father adopted 2young aborigonal ladies to join his own.
Such a nobel sacrifice. In all his decisions, I feel inclined to stand by his discretion, whether mis guided or not, am knowing his heart was in the right place.