History Quotes

“I am the owner of the sphere,
Of the seven stars and the solar year,
of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain,
Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, History

“The student interprets the age of chivalry by his own age of chivalry, and the days of Maritime adventure, and circumnavigation by quite parallel, miniature experiences of his own”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, History