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  • For, though the origin of most of our words is forgotten, each word was at first a stroke of genius, and obtained currency, because for the moment it symbolized the world to the first speaker and to the hearer. The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Our Words Quotes , Genius Quotes
  • We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. We read the quotation with his eyes, andfind a new and fervent sense; as a passage from one of the poets, well recited, borrows new interest from the rendering. As the journals say, "the italics are ours.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Eye Quotes , Genius Quotes