Just in the mood for quoting Emerson tonight. No particular reason except that he represents the American spirit of thought frequently. The one below is from his essay on Self-Reliance. It tells me how to approach viewing the character of a person. And it is a great reminder of how to view myself when I get stuck on one petty aspect of how some action or reaction fits the big picture. I just need to see the curve of the sphere. If I like what I see, I can leave it alone. If not, I go back into exploring more exactly what inequalities of the Andes I didn't like and make some adjustments.
I suppose no man can violate his nature. All the sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor does it matter how you gauge and try him. A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; — read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
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