But now we are a mob. Man does not stand in awe of man, nor is his genius admonished to stay at home, to put itself in communication with the interna… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives? May it not quit other leadings, and listen to the Soul that has guided it so gently, and taught it so much, secure that the future will be worthy of the past?

The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors, because the whole of nature is a metaphor of the human mind.

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.