Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it. — Howard Mumford Jones
When he died, emerson was thought of as the representative american writer par excellence — Howard Mumford Jones
Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men who try to. — Howard Mumford Jones
Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the american spirit. — Howard Mumford Jones