Ocupation: Essayist
Life: May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Birthday: May 25
Death: April 27
Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone); and anatomy and physiology become phrenology and palmistry.
source: Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Emerson's Essays: Top Essays”, p.102, 谷月社
topic: Nature, Selfish, Science, Palmistry, Anatomy, Anatomy And Physiology, Phrenology