Daily Dose

From The Selected Essays of John Jay Chapman, edited with an introduction by Jacques Barzun

EMERSON

"While the radicals of Europe were revolting in 1848 against the abuses of tyranny whose roots were in feudalism, Emerson, the great radical of America, the arch-radical of the world, was revolting against the evils whose roots were in universal suffrage. By showing the identity in essence of all tyranny, and by bringing back the attention of political thinkers to it's starting-point, the value of the human character, he advanced the political thought of the world by one step. He has pointed out for us in this country to what end our efforts must be bent."

From Emerson