Author: Howard Mumford Jones

Quotes

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.

Emerson was the chief figure in the American transcendental movement, a fact that complicates all accounts of him in literary or cultural history.

- Howard Mumford Jones

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.

I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.

- Howard Mumford Jones

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.

- Howard Mumford Jones

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