Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there is no religion now. 'Tis like saying in rainy weather, There is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of its superlative effects.
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860). “The Conduct of Life”, p.187
topic: Religious, Morning, Weather, Rainy Weather, Superlatives