“Thought is all light, and publishes itself to the universe. It will speak, though you were dumb, by its own miraculous organ.”

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson

1830s, Literary Ethics (1838)
Context: Thought is all light, and publishes itself to the universe. It will speak, though you were dumb, by its own miraculous organ. It will flow out of your actions, your manners, and your face. It will bring you friendships. It will impledge you to truth by the love and expectation of generous minds. By virtue of the laws of that Nature, which is one and perfect, it shall yield every sincere good that is in the soul, to the scholar beloved of earth and heaven.

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