Firsts Quote by James Russell Lowell

If, as Emerson wrote, every word was once an idea, every cliché was once a revelation.

— Bradford Morrow

When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored…

— Louisa May Alcott

Emerson was such an important figure in our literary history, and in the moral and religious development of our people, that attention cannot be…

— John Burroughs

“Each word's evocative value or virtue, its individual power of touching springs in the mind and of initiating visions, becomes a treasure to revel…

— Charles Edward Montague

Emerson stands apart from the other poets and essayists of New England, and of English literature generally, as of another order. He is a…

— John Burroughs

Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong; men who, for truth and honor's sake, stand fast and suffer long.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Today is truly the Golden Age: gold buys hornor, gold procures love”

— Anonymous

“Words are like shards of glass. By themselves they're worthless; however, when placed together in just the right way, they can become great works…

— Leigh M. Lane

At times it has been doubtful to me if Emerson really knows or feels what Poetry is at its highest, as in the Bible,…

— Walt Whitman

The greatest treasures are not gold nor jewels,nor work of art,They cannot be held with the hands They are held within the heart.For worldly…

— Sweetner

“Great art, I've always felt, is like a pearl; thousands of layers of creativity and sensibility built up around an inner core of money.”

— K.J. Parker

I can't remember who said it - I think it was Allan Gurganus when he was visiting the Michener Center - but he told…

— Mary J. Miller