"Put the argument into a concrete shape,..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.”

“All inquiry into antiquity, all curiosity respecting the Pyramids, the excavated cities, Stonehenge, the Ohio Circles, Mexico, Memphis,--is the desire to do away this wild, savage, and preposterous There and Then, and introduce in its place the Here and Now.”

“Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There's revenge for this humanity.What manner of man does science make? The boy is not attracted. He says, I do not wish to be such a kind of man as my professor is.”

“On the one hand, we may tell the truth, regardless of consequences, and on the other hand we may mellow it and sophisticate it to make it humane and tolerable.”

“We should not talk about our friends: otherwise we will talk away the feeling of friendship.”

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”

“Well chosen words mixed with measured emotions is the basis of affecting people.”

“If you want something really important to be done you must not merely satisfy the reason, you must move the heart also.”

“A man who cannot seduce men cannot save them either.”