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The American Scholar Quotes

But genius always looks forward. The eyes of man are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead. Man hopes. Genius creates.

Source:(The Laurentian Press, ed. 1901), Page 17
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (The American Scholar Quotes)
  • Book: The American Scholar
  • Writer: Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Genre: Essays
  • Published: 1837
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