In his essay History, included in the volume Essays (1841), Ralph Waldo Emerson left one of his most quoted images about the potential of the small. The phrase «The creation of a thousand forests is within an acorn» states that a minimal seed contains an immense force. Emerson did not speak of botany. He employed the acorn ... Continue reading "Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher: «The creation of a thousand forests is within an…
In his essay History, included in the volume Essays (1841), Ralph Waldo Emerson left one of his most quoted images about the potential of the small. The phrase «The creation of a thousand forests is within an acorn» states that a minimal seed contains an immense force. Emerson did not speak of botany. He employed the acorn ... Continue reading "Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher: «The creation of a thousand forests is within an…