Character is higher than intellect. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is higher than intellect.
The American Scholar · 1837
★ 2.1Provenance
Current citation
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar (1837)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.
Original citation
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar." Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. 31 Aug. 1837, First Parish in Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, USA.