This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
1837
★ 7.0Provenance
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.