The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion of the independent thinker. Almost his sole reward is the satisfaction of integrity. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
To find out what we presently are and where we are going, we must know what we have been and what others have done;… — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
When he died, Emerson was thought of as the representative American writer par excellence, and his point of view was still so potent that… — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
Except to heaven, she is nought; Except for angels, lone; Except to some wide-wandering bee, A flower superfluous blown; Except for winds, provincial; Except… — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
The incessant struggle of the mind to be true to itself, to absorb new truths, to grow, to overcome pressures--these are the painful portion… — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. — Howard Mumford Jones Copy Share Image
