Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

I've only now realized, thanks to the Weekly Standard, that I missed the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson. I can't help but think Emerson's reputation is enhanced by his common use of ambiguous aphorisms, which allow people to read what they think rather than what Emerson wrote, but he was an inspiring thinker of whom America should be proud. I hope this small, and late, praise from me is, while less than what he deserves, better than nothing.
- posted by Tom Sawyer @ 3:55 PM