Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the fixed smile of the tropics.
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.63, Courier Corporation
topic: Winter, Snow, Soil, Winter Months, Tropics