Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes:
Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may well call it black diamonds. Every basket is power and civilization. For coal is a portable climate.
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.362
topic: Power, Civilization, Black, Ledges, Black Diamonds
