4 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Civilization

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes on civilization

153. We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy.

254. The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

272. In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.

298. The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.