The etymologist finds the deadest words to have been once a… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The etymologist finds the deadest words to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson

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Language is fossil Poetry.

Language is the archives of history ... Language is fossil poetry.

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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Palestine, Italy, Spain, and the Islands, - the Genius and creative Principle of each and of all eras, in my own mind.

Nature is always consistent, though she feigns to contravene her own laws. She keeps her laws, and seems to transcend them. She arms and equips an animal to find its place and living in the earth, and at the same time she arms and equips another animal to destroy it.

The etymologist finds the deadest words to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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