So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, Whe… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

" "
So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson

All quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Ralph Waldo Emerson:

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Henry David Thoreau Michel de Montaigne Friedrich Nietzsche Thomas Carlyle

Additional quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the vaunted works of Art The master stroke is Nature's part.

Love, and you shall be loved.

Our condition is like that of the poor wolves: if one of the flock wound himself, or so much as limp, the rest eat him up incontinently. That serene Power interposes the check upon the caprices and officiousness of our wills.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

About Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enhance Your Quote Experience